A Short Uraling into the Flaming Gorge Recreation Area & T-Dub'ing while the Sun is out

June 17, Saturday

We spent yesterday recovering and cleaning up from Thursday's mudfest, so no pics but there was also plenty of resting and relaxation.

Lunch yesterday:

Fajita Veggies

Today, we went for a short ride to the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area to the SW of the town of Manila, UT.  The town was named in 1898 after the Battle of Manila in the Philippines.

The weather threatened rain soon after we got to the Sheep Creek Bay overlook:

As the clouds closed on us, we decided to not finish the Sheep Creek Geological Loop, choosing to take just these pics:

We did stop at an overlook close to the entrance to our campsite, the Linwood Overlook.  So named because the drowned by the reservoir's creation town of Linwood used to be nearby.  Located at the 41st Parallel, it straddled the borders of Utah and Wyoming.

Our campsite, Uma is on the left

Today's lunch was Beef Stir Fry....yum

Sunday, June 18

Got a call and text from Things 1 and 2 for Father's Day.  

Martha and I went into Manila with Scarlett so I could get some hardware to fix the damage caused by the TruckClaw on the left side duallies area.

The damage was not unexpected, the clearances were pretty tight on the VRRV's wheel wells and once mud builds up.... 

The rest of the day was spent under overcast skies waiting for the sun to make an appearance.  The temperature reached 72 degrees shortly after 5PM and the sun came out! 

I rode out with Yagi, my TW200 to capture pics of a rock formation near the State Line Cove Campground nearby.

The weekend being almost over, the local swim beach was pretty much deserted, the clouds had moved in again though:

Closer to camp, most of the campers had left which allowed me to pose Yagi by the waters of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir:

Martha had this charcuterie and a Bourbon Old Fashioned when I got back to the VRRV: