Almost Camping

June 2008 We made a very uncharacteristic impulse buy of a used tent trailer and wanted to camp with it at least once to test it all out before our July family reunion in Southern Utah. We headed to Hope Campground up Squaw Peak Rd. . . and this is as far as we got before the radiator called it quits in a most spectacular way. While it's easy to see the frustration and the negative in a situation like this, I do wish to point out the positives:

* The boys had a great hillside to play on safely (mostly, anyway) while we waited

* We were close enough to town to have cell service, though we had to stand up on the rocks to avoid losing the call

* Deren and Marenda were nearby and could come to our aid (thank you very much).

* It was SO MUCH better for this to happen 15 minutes from our house than on the hill from Cedar City to Kolob Reservoir where we would have been many miles from any help.

* The evening was cool, and we had a beautiful view while we waited.