Mountain View RV Park, Arco Idaho

Today I decided to take a day off…no packing up, no setting up, no driving, no nothing!  Instead, I’ll tell you about my first full day at Mountain View RV Park.  When I pulled in yesterday afternoon, the sign out front said $30/night.  That’s kind of high for my budget, so I asked about a weekly rate.  It turned out that with full hook-ups with 50 amps, the price was $130 for a week.  That’s less than a $20/night average, so I paid for a week.   Since there is a small cafe on the premises, they also include two free breakfasts with your stay.  For a couple, that would mean one breakfast, but for me that means two days of someone else doing the cooking.  :)  The free breakfast consists of two very large pancakes, and two eggs done the way you prefer.  So, this morning I took advantage of that offer.  It was tasty, and I think I’ll go there for dinner one of the nights I’m here.
The sites are really spacious for a private campground; especially if you are located in the D lane like I am.  The sites are all pull throughs, and I’m estimating that the sites in the D row are about 60’ long, furthest from the road traffic, and have nice views…(you’d think with all that space, I wouldn’t have smushed my car yesterday :( )
such as this one.  While Emma and I were sitting outside this afternoon, I took a look another look at the graduating class mountain:
This time, I was able to find the class of 1922!  I’m thinking there aren’t many, if any, graduates left any more from that class.  :(

While we were sitting outside, a couple of hummingbirds buzzed me.  Okay, you know what that means!  I hopped inside and filled my hummingbird feeder!
Within an hour, the first visitors came to the Hard Rock Bird Cafe!  Wahoo!!  I’ll be continuing my quest for the quintessential humming bird picture.  :)
Of course, you know who (the leader of the pack) came ambling by looking for a handout this evening, and sent Emma into joyous fits.  Sorry, goat, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow for another apple drop.  :)  So, after my day of R & R, I’m thinking I’ll pack a lunch tonight and head for Craters of the Moon National Monument tomorrow.  I hope you’ll follow along.

Thanks for stopping by….talk to you later,  Judy

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

THE GOOD:  There was actually a lot of “good” about today.  Emma and I were on the road just minutes past 8:00, as planned.  There were no winds, and we made it to the RV repair place in Idaho Falls shortly before 10:30.  Since we weren’t going anywhere, they took the rig right in.  :)

After three hours, we were back on the road and headed for Mountain View RV Park just outside of Arco, Idaho.  I think the total trip today was about 170 miles.  Since I’ve got about two weeks or so and about 600 total miles to cover, I decided to stay at this park for a week.
This is the view from my site.  Those are numbers on that mountain.  Each year, the High School graduating class  etches their year into the side of the mountain.  So far, the oldest year I’ve found is 1955, but I’m sure I’ll find an older date when it stops raining.  I’ll give more details of this park in a later post.
After doing the basic set up, Emma and I took a walk, and found these goats in the field right behind us.  The goat on the left seems to be the leader of the group.  Of course, Emma was very excited to find “wildlife” bigger than ground squirrels.  :)  (get a load of those horns!)
As we walked along the fence line, the goats came galloping after us.  They were very interested in us.  I found an apple tree and picked up a few drops to give to them.  They seemed to be pleased with the treat.  :)

THE BAD: While the techs at Smith RV in Idaho Falls took care of a few minor things for me, they could not fix the washer/dryer, couldn’t do an oil change, couldn’t diagnose the problem with my erratic steps, and told me the surround sound was just fine.  Yea, right!  I asked to have the tech show me that the surround sound was working.  He couldn’t.  We both worked on it for about an hour and eventually got it to work if I am watching TV using local channels through the antenna, but that’s about it.  (I got the impression that I knew more about the entertainment system than he did, which is kind of scary)  Doesn’t work with a DVD, and tonight I found out it doesn’t work with the DISH.  Guess I’ll have to make a trip to Winnebago headquarters in Iowa one of these days.  :(

THE UGLY:
I really don’t want to talk about this one.  Suffice it to say, that I made a real boo boo today!
Dang!! :(

Thanks for stopping by….talk to you later,  Judy