After a busy day travelling from
Colorado National Monument and exploring Arches National Park, we
were ready to wind down for the day. We had a problem with one of
the tent poles though, so while Pete tried to fix it, I took
Charlotte to the playground of the local elementary school. I was
unimpressed with the amount of garbage lying around, but it was a
decent playground. There was a climbing structure that Charlotte
really liked – it offered her just the right amount of challenge.
She had difficulty with it at first, but was soon climbing it like a
monkey and was ready to show off for dad when he came to collect us.
Latin music filled the air as we played and a delicious smell wafted
on the breeze. We stopped on our way out of town to check it out and
had our most delicious meal of the trip, quesadillas and tortillas
done up on an outdoor grill. The cook didn't speak any English at
all and relied on his bilingual “waitress” to help take orders.
When she was busy, I used my Spanish – he did a double-take! There
are only a handful of geocaches in the entire town and none very
close by, but unknown to us at the time, an event cache had been held
there earlier that day – in honour of Green River Watermelon Days!
The playground is located at N 38.59.587 W 110.09.477. and is point
no. 74 on the map at the bottom of home page.
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