Traveling as an RV Nomad I chase good weather. Not too hot and not too cold. But this time I found myself getting in hot weather and not really enjoying the sweat.
It’s Hot Here in Southern Utah
I knew it would be hot but I forgot what that felt like it. Can someone do that? Forget that just sitting there you sweat. Moving means thinking about how long you can move until you drip sweat, and how you need to move to expend the least amount of energy as possible to not sweat.
That’s probably just me. I know some people that love the hot weather. I think being born in January has something to do with that.
I arrived 2 hours ago around 2 PM in Comb Wash Campground just outside Bears Ears National Monument and it’s gotten more hot since then.
How hot is it? Last I checked 92* F in Blanding, Utah. There’s no cell signal here and I’m just a few miles from Blanding so my guess is at least 92* F.
I start to question myself, “did I make a mistake and move from the cool forests of the Colorado Rockies too early?” Living in my RV as a nomad I get to move from weather I don’t like. I LOVE Colorado and it’s shady trees.
Read about my time in Colorado : Happy RV Nomad in Winter Park, Colorado
So why did I leave?
Utah’s Beyond Beautiful Parks!
When I was a kid, 12 years old, my family took a trip from Southern California to the Four Corner’s region – Northern Arizona and New Mexico, Southern Utah and Southern and Central Colorado. We did a big 2 week loop and to this day I still remember the vacation fondly. It sparked my nature curiosity and love.
We went to all the big parks and tourist stops like Grand Canyon NP, Bryce Canyon NP, Zion NP, Pike’s Peak Colorado, Durango, CO (I didn’t get to ride the famous Silverton train but later I did), and Colorado Springs. Since living in my RV I’ve worked on exploring these amazing places and more!
If you’ve been following along my, so far, 2 year trek, I’ve hung out in Arizona and Colorado A LOT! Yet every chance I get to plan a trip to Utah the weather is either snowy or too hot. Until now.
I watch the weather in the places I want to visit and I had been checking for the heat to cool in Bryce Canyon and Zion, and they finally did! I was seeing temps in the mid-70s* F!
It was time to start heading that way.
Yet along the way (sorta) is Four Corners where one can stand in 4 states at once! I was there earlier today.
And Bears Ears National Monument, the newest of the beautiful parks in Utah.
That’s why I’m dealing with the fireball that is the high desert of Utah.
Have you ever made what you thought was a simple decision to later think why the hell did I not think that out? That’s what I did by coming to Utah. I wasted gas and time and it was HOT!
How do you handle it?
Just a few years ago I would have had a huge anxiety attack and fall apart. It took years but I learned to calm myself down and realize it’s not the end of the world, we all make mistakes.
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