Cedar Breaks Day!

Captains Log September 4 – Fun day in Cedar Breaks!  The drive is upward and curvy with

First view you get on the road up

great views down.  The first mountain view is awesome in itself!

The main visitor center with the best views is currently closed.  Looks like major renovation as the road is totally blocked off.  The road actually goes from North to South on the far eastern side.  We went from the south this time and made our stops based on the traffic in the parking areas.

Our first stop was the Sunset Overview.  There are trails you can take if you are into hiking.  The views down into the breaks are something you can’t ever really capture with a camera.  You can stand and look for ages.  Once there is a larger group and a lot are not making, we would make our exit even though we were masked.

Massive!

Then we drove to the north end at the last stop, North View Overlook.  We had not seen a place to show our park pass when we entered but that have a tiny booth with a ranger there.  We showed our pass and then enjoyed another spectacular view.

We backtracked to Chessman Ridge Overlook but to get the best view you must walk along the trail.  We didn’t want to do that but I did climb up some rocks where I could get a better view.

On the way out we stopped at the Temporary Visitor Center that we hadn’t noticed on the way in.  It was where we were supposed to stop and show our pass!  We looked around a bit but there are no actual exhibits there.  They had a gift shop but I passed on that as well.

Time for lunch!  We had read good things about American Diner and when we drove by it was

Great photo opp

lined up out the door and down the stairs!  So we made a couple of stops are Joanns and a thrift store and by the time we got back the line was almost gone and our wait was less than 10 minutes.  We really enjoyed our meal.  Bill got a HUGE club sandwich and took half of it home and I had Liver & Onions!  Yum!

When we got back to the RV we had neighbors now on both sides.  Still no WIFI service, although they gave us a password it would never connect. 

I forgot to take something out of the freezer for dinner so we had leftover meatballs and sauce and freshly cooked spaghetti.  We settled in and watched some Hallmark!