Day 111 Arches Natl Park, Moab, UT-Bluff, UT

Day 111 Arches Natl Park, Moab, UT-Bluff, UT
11.19.16
The stars were incredible last night. You could see the Milky Way and Jo saw a shooting star. We woke in the morning to not as cold weather as expected only 28 instead of 18 degrees, but we still turned on the heater to take the chill off. On our drive out of park, I suggested we hike Park Avenue. The hike has an option as a one way so Kevin volunteered to be the shuttle bunny. We chose to hike from Courthouse Towers viewpoint to Park Avenue viewpoint which is probably the opposite way most people hike but we like to be different.  The hike took us up the wash through towering canyon walls. The scenery was awesome. After the hike, we left Arches and headed south.  Down the road, we encountered a police car driving down the middle of the road with its lights flashing.  So we pulled over.  Right behind the police car was another car that said wide load. And then came the wide load - a mining dump truck. Needless to say it was huge. Not 10 minutes later the same scene was repeated. Jo thought they were driving a little fast for what they were carrying, but they probably had some schedule they were trying to make. The rest of our day was spent doing laundry and shopping. Well, actually we left Kevin to do the laundry while Jo and I shopped. After that we drove another 25 miles or so to Sand Island Campground near Bluff, UT.  Campground was empty except for a couple of other campers. We chose a spot right next to the San Juan River.  Tonight was movie night in the van. So we bluetoothed the iPad sound to the van stereo and watched Star Wars The Force Awakens on the iPad with surround sound. After the movie, Jo was hungry so she got out the hummus. As Jo and I were eating it, Kevin says hey I just read that there was a recall on that hummus.  Luckily we didn't have too much but we were disappointed because we like hummus and veggies as our late night snack.