We wanted to get out for another campout before hunting season is in full swing and we wanted to get away from the heat in St. George. We decided on the "Beaver Mountains" as we call them, but it's really the Tushar Mts. above Beaver. Whatever you call them, we love them! We had hoped an early start on Friday morning of the Labor Day weekend would net us one of our favorite camp spots, but it didn't. Too many summer parked trailers make that pretty hard to do now days. But we found a great little new spot and worked out just right. It was off the road just enough to be private, but not so far to be too long a drive to get other places. The weather, after 113 degrees in St. George, was a wonderful 65 degrees. We needed to jacket up in the evening and morning. We tried a new meal (using what we already had in the house to cut down the cost) and enjoyed an amazing pork chop, mashed potato, corn on the cob dinner with baked raspberry turnovers for dessert. Breakfast was also delicious. We had omelets with hatch green chili and swiss cheese, fruit, toast and hot chocolate and another turnover!!! Paul does amazing things with a Camp Chef and a Dutch oven.
We did have one glitch while driving down unknown roads looking for a campsite. We ended up high centering and getting quite stuck in our new truck down one little road. Should have taken a picture, but I didn't think about that while being stressed about being stuck and about how it might damage the vehicle. But, if you're going to get stuck, it's really good to do it with Paul. With a jack and some rocks we got out after about an hour's worth of work and no damage. I'd rather not get stuck and add the stress, but if you do, it's awesome when you get out!
On Saturday morning we did the drive over to Big John's Flat and up to the peak. All of this area is so beautiful! Then we decided we'd hike up to see the goats/Delano Peak since we could see the goats from our parking spot. I was worried. Wasn't sure I was up at all for a hike at that elevation after a week of walking and bike riding on these legs. It was a hard uphill start, but we made it the 2.5 miles up with an elevation gain of 1098 feet. The trail was better than ever before and we saw the goats from a distance (didn't want to scare them off) and then made it up to Delano Peak. I was glad we went then and surprised that we did so well actually. Afterwards we drove to the next viewpoint and ate our lunch and then headed home. We listened to a great book, Shaking the Nickle Bust by Ralph Moody to and from and some in camp. It was a great, cool, restful, beautiful campout/hike!
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