5 August 2013, Ruby's Inn Campground, Bryce Valley, Utah

104.  The temperature in Vegas today.  I've been to Vegas during the summer months on several occasions but somehow manage to purge from my memory just how damn hot it can be. And don't talk to me about "dry" heat unless you want to mention it's like standing with a giant hair DRYer blowing on you. And sundown offers no respite either. 

We slept in, which was delicious.  We wandered around and showed the boys some of the hotels. It was so hot, though, even if we stayed mostly inside, it was miserable.

Alex found a really big donut!

We unanimously agreed to get the heck out of Las Vegas. So Paul went to the parking lot to get the RV. Whoa! Guess what happens to wine when forgotten in your vehicle the desert? One bottle of red exploded.  The other popped its cork.

Big full-bodied aroma permeated the RV!!

Anyway we went by Cruise America to have our oil changed.  We were told to have the oil changed every 2-3000 miles and we were definitely over that. We walk into a swarm of Europeans. One room had the instructional video going in French and the adjacent room was spouting German.  This was not our first experience being the only Americans. At Lake Powell we didn't hear any English either.

Anyway, when the service tech finally got around to us he said we were good for another 8000 miles. WTH?? Oh well, one last stop before leaving the desert - The Zombie Apocalypse Store. Yeah - you read that right!

We have seen lots and lots of rocks on this trip and the boys are soooo tired of hearing us say look left and look right, but when we came across the Virgin River Gorge, we really had to take a good look.  It looked other-worldly.

We arrived at Ruby's Inn and had enough time to check in and then go to alate dinner. This resort is right outside of Bryce Canyon and had been there for over 90 years. Again, all the Europeans!

I asked our server about them and he said he would estimate that 80% of their guests were French, German and Italian.  I guess when you have 6 weeks off that's what you do - rent an RV and explore the great American West.