Goblin Valley State Park

Tuesday

I didn't sleep all that well, having had to get up multiple times to drink and to rub magnesium on my legs. So we stayed in bed late. Then Chris took a shower and went to the front office for a bare bones breakfast. I think it was bagels and fruit. I took a shower and made my own breakfast and ate it. Was the AC on? I didn't hear it. The room had been relatively dark and quiet. We both read e-mail for awhile, trying to catch up.

Around 11, we dressed for hiking and headed to Goblin Valley State Park, where Galaxy Quest was filmed in part. We parked by the visitor's center and went in. We looked around for a handout on trails. We paid for a two-day pass. Then we headed into the park and parked again at the trailhead. We followed a trail into Goblin Valley, heading toward Goblin's Lair, up and down and all around. However, we met a couple coming back from there and they said even they didn't climb all the way up. So we rested a bit and headed back. It looked more rigorous than it felt afterward. We dumped a bunch of sand from our shoes. We climbed almost back to our beginning point. I asked a lady to take our photo for our 35th wedding anniversary. She was from Israel and we had a nice chat with her. Then we went into what looked like the land of mushrooms. We walked around and took pics, then walked back to our beginning point.

We went back to the trailhead, then drove home. When we got back to our room, I ate some eggs and fruit. I read The Silmarillion outside for awhile, then took a walk to see what was behind the building. I walked into the convenience store. I looked for an HDMI cable, but they didn't have one. I looked through the t-shirts, then I walked back.

I read outside again. Chris joined me. I was happy to have internet and hoped Dugway's internet was back on. I messaged Michelle and she said the internet was back up, but working slowly. Sigh. I looked up places to eat near Hanksville (I keep reading it as Huntsville), and there were only three. At 5:30 we walked across the street to The Outlaws Nest for dinner, but it was closed. So we walked to the Burger Shack, which was right next to the convenience store and better than it sounded. I got a turkey sandwich and he got a burger and milkshake. The milkshake was more like two cups of ice cream in one cup. I had to help him eat it before it melted over the top of the cup. And it was coffee flavored.

When we got back, we read outside until it got dark. I came in to finish a podcast on health and listen to another one on free speech. I heated water for chia seeds, and again for tea. I worked on my blog. Then we sat together on the bed. He called up Netflix and we watched Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. Then we got ready for bed. I did my usual stretches and took supplements. I shut off the light and he slept.