First, here is a towing report for the Ford Flex/Escape 19
combination on Utah Highway 12 climbing between Bryce and Capitol Reef. We were going
about 45 mph and the engine was working hard, but didn’t feel strained. There
were no real difficulties on the grade which peaked at 9600 feet.
We stopped for lunch and internet access in a little town
named Torrey not far from Capitol Reef. An older German couple were at a
neighboring table and I struck up a conversation with my minimal German. The
Germans were in need of a dentist for some sort of emergency and asked me to
translate the verb “kleben” but I wasn’t familiar with it. Great Husband got a
translation on his lap-top and came up with “to stick.” And away they went,
leaving us curious as to just what was sticking or not sticking!
By the time we pulled into Capitol Reef National Park in the
mid-afternoon, all camp sites there were full. The camp hosts advised us that
we could backtrack a few miles and camp in Fish Lake National Forest for free,
just anywhere we decided to put the Escape, since there are no actual sites.
This turned out to be a nice opportunity, and it was fun to set up off the
beaten path in near isolation. We were surprised by the soft desert sand which
had us spinning our tires on the uneven terrain, as snow might at home. It was
also a very very windy place, but I loved the quiet time there in the security
of the Escape.
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| Quiet time at Fish Lake National Forest |
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| Off the beaten path |
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