Stopped

That's it. Completely hamstrung. The weather is horrible. We started touring Arches under ominous skies yesterday morning. Very grey, flat lighting. Could see the majestic formations, but not photograph them. There was not enough light, and the camera repeatedly said, "Picture blurry". "Do you want to keep it?" This is very frustrating, since I was looking forward to some great photography at Arches. As the morning progressed, the weather deteriorated. We finally headed back to town for a Chinese Buffet Lunch. Then to Smokey for a long nap.

Luckily I completed repair work on the windshield yesterday afternoon. I smeared the worst areas with clear epoxy cement, working it into the cracks. Then covered the epoxy with clear tape for reinforcement. Finally, black RTV was squirted into the base, to restore waterproofing. Doesn't look bad, but has a rough surface. We have good glass insurance. So replacing the windshield should cost the deductible - $100.

Today the weather looks even worse. Rained all night, and this morning is heavy rain and projected for all day. We're in kind of a bind. Hesitant to drive the motorhome in the rain. All of the repair work on the windshield will probably quickly tear up the windshield wiper, as it goes over the area. So we will sit here and wait-out the bad weather. An in-depth check of Weather.com shows a giant low pressure system going over most of the country.

Googled Moab, to see what's happening here. This is a one horse town - large, but geared to one thing - tourism. Lots of motels, restaurants, and souvenir shops. Few basic services. No WalMart !
This may be a town that is well-off financially, but doesn't have any place to spend their money.

The Gummit has been here, though. They went through here years before, leaving 12 million tons of uranium tailing's lying around. They swear that the radiation is so low that it is not dangerous. But, want to move it to a hole outside of town and seal it over. Just to be sure, I guess. These days I absolutely do not trust the Gummit, and look forward to leaving the low level, nondangerous radiation behind.