Fun in the Sun Road Trip -Days 36-38, Final Chapter

Leaving Zion National Park, we had planned to stop for 3 nights en route back home. The first night was a short trip of 3 hours to Yuba State Park (UT). Typically we like to relax in the after noon, walk around and explore the park, have some wine, and play some games around a campfire (Dominoes or Yahtzee). But when we arrived a little after noon, it was fiercely cold and windy, and we could not imagine hanging out for the rest of the day in the trailer. So we kept going and stopped a couple hours later in Brigham City, north of Ogden. We stayed at a nice little RV park called Golden Spike and used our “Passport America” 50% discount. Note, if you don’t have a “Passport America” membership, I highly suggest you get one if you travel/camp a lot. For the whole trip, we stayed 7 nights in campgrounds that took Passport America, and we saved about $130 in fees. Since our two-year membership cost $80, that’s a good deal. 

As we were heading north through Salt Lake City, we had also planned on taking the “northerly” route through Missoula and I-90 over to Spokane, but looking at the weather forecast, Montana was to get snowstorms both days back home. So, we did plan -B and took the I-84 route (Oregon Trail) via Pendleton. The first day leaving Brigham city we woke to snow falling, and along the way found more snow and fought really heavy headwinds. I swear my mileage was 1/2 what it normally is. We stopped the second night at a great state park in Huntington, OR called Farewell Bend. It is right on the snake river at the beginning if Hells Canyon. 

The drive home was sunny and uneventful, albeit a long 7-hour drive. All was well when we arrived home. The cat was very happy to see us.

Trip Summary:

Trip length:	4164 miles
Campgrounds stayed at:	19
Favorite Campgrounds (to visit again for sure)	Anza Borrego SP (CA) Lost Dutchman (AR) Pismo Beach SP (CA)
Worst Campgrounds	Patrick’s Point SP (CA)
Places to see again	Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
Places we won’t go back to	Quartzsite
New on our list for next time	Gilbert Ray Campground (AZ) Explore New Mexico La Palomas, MX Grand Canyon

We had a fantastic trip that was worry and breakdown-free, with nice weather (mid 70’s), and we accomplished our goal of leaving the tail end of winter snow to come home to sunny weather and almost no snow. Also, 1-1/2 months is the right amount of time too. Next time we want to explore a bit of New Mexico as well as hit our favorite stops from this trip.