Nice day in Moab

September 17 – No rush this morning for sure!  I think we both slept pretty well.

I made a dozen rhubarb muffins this morning.  Picked up a recipe somewhere but decided to shortcut it by using Bisquick.  Diced up the rhubarb pretty small and topped them all with a sprinkling of cinnamon and sugar.  They went really well with some fruit and Canadian bacon.

Eventually we left for the main drag after a quick stop at the post office.  We bought new Dirt Shirts at the Original Dirt Shop store.  Bill realized when he got home that he bought one exactly like the one he already had!  We stopped is several shops, looking for bargains and anything “special”.  We only bought a few Christmas gifts.

Bill chose Fiesta Mexicana for lunch.  I had a salad with lots of avocados, shrimp and chicken.  It was good.  I brought some of the chicken home.  Bill had a combo and he brought some home as well.

We checked out all of the shops on the way back to the truck and decided we’d seen enough for today.  The only grocery store in Moab is City Market so we stopped for a few things.  We had hoped they had huckleberry ice cream as several of the ice cream shops advertise it, but no luck!

After we dropped off the groceries to the RV, we headed south to Hole In the Rock.  We’d been there a long time ago and they have added a lot more “stuff” outside.  We took the 12 minute tour and were not impressed with the tour guide.  The house itself is fantastic.  Three bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, huge living area, fireplace vented 6 feet up through the rock, a big kitchen, office space  -- all blasted and chipped out of a mountain.  There are 4 entrances, 3 right through the rock

One of the entrances

and one that was first that they built a small building on the outside and carved out the first 2 rooms inside and now it’s a gift shop but they had a café that they ran.  Great spot to visit for $6.50 a person!

Made from lots and lots of parts

We visited the gravesites that they carved out before their deaths and they are buried near their home.  They have some other unique yard art and another pricier gift shop and a General Store where we had ice cream for our afternoon “pick me up”.

Time to head home and chill with a glass of wine and get another load of laundry done.

I baked a pork loin in a bag for dinner and we finished off the fried apples and leftover broccoli!  Nothing for dessert unless we opened ice cream so we each had a rhubarb muffin!