Note: all these summary posts were written while traveling to Flagstaff on June 1. Let the disclaimer be known: I was determined to do some updating since so far I haven't had time or internet access, so in the interest of all the news that counts (or at least maybe it did at the time), on with the story...
This was a pickup gig… we were to show up at the arts festival and hopefully get on stage at the end of the day, or else just busk it. It was a perfect weather day and the drive to Moab was SPLENDID… thanks ROB! So we were ready to go and did in fact play on stage. As we hoped, we drew the remaining folks (the festival ended officially just before we took the stage) to us like… bees to honey? Or like when a weird circus comes to town and everyone has to see what kind of freaks are running this show? Despite some sound challenges at the beginning, everyone stayed for our short set and all had big smiles the whole time. We were also relieved that some of them liked it enough to pick up some CDs, which is how we can keep moving down the road. And thanks to Ted for the tip, which was not expected and much appreciated! Every little bit really helps on this journey.
BLM camping: at the Moab fest, a very nice lady bicyclist advised us to look for the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) land just south of town, where you can drive down a dirt road and stay for free on government land. Free camping has a lot of good potential to it. So that’s exactly what we did, but not after we took a supper break in Moab and had a delicious and authentic Mexican meal… almost as good as what Kim W. makes. So it was dark before we got to the BLM place, but we found a nice level spot for the Chief and settled in quickly for a good night’s sleep.
The next day was Memorial Day and we took the time to get everything Ship Shape – very nice. Ike and Nate worked on the outside of the RV and Phil and I worked on the inside organization. I’ve learned a lot from Phil and Kim about organizing and even if I don’t always make use of their good advice, I was able to put it to work when we set the place in shape. It felt so nice and new when we finished. Great use of a day off! Plus the setting was so unlike anything I’ve ever seen… red dirt and scrubby little desert plants and flowers, lots of stones for climbing and an awesome mountain at the horizon to one side, and red/brown/gold mesas on every other side. We saw a few lizards including a couple whom we apparently interrupted, but they paused to pose for pictures – Phil took a series on the digital camera, each one closer, and the last one where he was two feet away, I swear those lizards cocked their heads and posed for him. I gathered some wildflowers just before we left as a memento of our special Memorial Day campout.
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