There was quite a wait for a patio table but they were very nice and agreeable in letting me leave my phone number and calling me when one was ready. We were hoping to grab dinner at idk BBQ which was just a truck in Cannonville the last time we were in the area but now has a brick and mortar location in Tropic but they were having an equipment malfunction so we ended up next door at Rustlers along with it seemed everyone else who had wanted to eat at idk BBQ. Still hazy in the distance View from Kiva Koffeehouse - I'd love to stay at one of their cottages It hardly seemed like we were traveling in the same state. The contrast of covid protocols between Bluff/Escalante and Torrey/Tropic were like night and day. We made a few stops along 12 and had lunch at Escalante Outfitters. We've stayed in Tropic before and actually like the little town but the cabins we liked were of course not available so we ended up at the Red Ledges motel. Searching for our next stop I was hoping to find some place to stay in Boulder or Escalante (ha ha!) but the best I was able to do was Tropic. We then hiked part of Grand Wash before heading back into town for a late breakfast at Paizlee's. By the time we got back parking was overflowing. The next morning we headed out early to hike to Hickman Bridge. I had actually wanted to stay in one of their cabins but they were booked. The food was OK, the view was very nice and I didn't see a whole lot of other options. I made a call and they could fit us in at an outdoor table if we arrived early. The restaurant at the Rim Rock Inn seemed like a decent choice. I did a check for dinner options and Cafe Diablo which we had enjoyed last time had since closed. We decided that an afternoon by the pool was better than dealing with crowds and that we'd return early the following morning. We drove through Capitol Reef but did not stop due to limited parking. The drive along 95 was fairly picturesque and we made note of the location of a slot canyon hike past Hite for next time. Next was a short hike to the Butler Wash ruins overlook. I don't know if we were looking in the wrong place or they were just really faint. Our first stop was a failed attempt to find the Butler Wash dinosaur tracks. We needed to backtrack in the direction of Natural Bridges but this gave us a chance to see a few things we'd missed earlier. I found a room at the Red Sands Hotel in Torrey near Capitol Reef which we had only briefly visited before. As it was a little warm for us at this elevation we thought we'd head for higher ground. We needed to decide which direction to head next. Pools had capacity limits as low as 2 and up to 6 but we had no trouble finding an available pool. We bought passes that included the adult terrace, got there early enough to grab two chaise lounges and stayed up there the whole time. The next morning we hiked up Reservoir Hill for a view of town and spent the rest of the day soaking at The Springs. It looked like they were in the process of remodeling the lake front units. We stayed at the Club Wyndham in a one bedroom condo overlooking the golf course. We arrived in Pagosa Springs after two long travel days just happy to have gotten that over with. I booked a hotel room with a kitchen and we drove straight there and stayed in our room until we left the next morning. It was 14+ hours from where we were starting our drive so we broke it up by overnighting in Roswell NM chosen solely because it was past mid-point along the route. Pagosa Springs was a town we had driven through previously and thought it might be worth a stop. NM had a quarantine so CO seemed like a good place to head and also to escape the heat. We had no plan and winged it for the most part. In late September we needed to drive back to CA from TX and decided to make a road trip out of it.
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