If you want to find out where some of my bloggy friends around the internet went on vacation this summer, go on over the We Are THAT Family. There you can read about where Kristin and her family went, but scroll down to the bottom of her post there, too, to see where everyone else went. There are some interesting looking vacations going on over there!
Western Legends Days In Kanab
I had four hours of “comp” time, so I decided to combine it with four hours of annual leave, and go to Kanab last Saturday morning. My neighbor, Sue, and I headed out early.
I had read in the newspaper a month or so ago that they have a farmer’s market in town every Saturday morning, and that there was a lady there who bakes gluten free breads, cakes, and cookies. I have really been wanting to check it out.
But, when we got to town, we discovered that Western Legend Roundup was going on, and because of the festival they did not have the farmer’s market. 
The Western Legends Roundup a big festival where they celebrate the history of the town and some of the old western stars who made movies in the area way back when, where in town for the celebration. The only one I saw was Clint Walker, but he looked old. I mean really old, and nothing at all like the picture of him from his movie making days. I didn’t even take his picture because I was so disappointed.
There was a vendor row, where Sue and I ran into our neighbor, John, who works with the
Grand Canyon Association at the Visitor Center book store. He had some things from the book store on display there.
At noon, there was a parade, with the old cowboy stars riding in horse drawn wagons. There were several beautiful halflinger horse teams with beautiful wagons. 
One wagon was drawn by a two ox team. Those animals were awesome! It was the first time I had ever seen oxen in real life. Each one had a young boy riding it bareback.
The best thing I saw in the parade were little girls from the Kaibab Paiute Reservation dancing down the street in their native costumes. They were so cute!
This wagon had the entire class of 1958 from Kanab High School riding in it!
After the parade, we walked across the street to the food vendors. I had a corn on the cob on a stick, with butter and salt, and a peach iced tea. A little pricey at $6.00 for the two of them, but boy was that cold iced tea good!
Yeah, that was worth the trip!
Monday Stuff
MMMM, Peppers, Onions, and Celery for the roast.
This morning I got up and checked the thermometer we have in the freezer section of our refrigerator. Not the new one, but the one that has been on the blink. The freezer part had been getting down to around 40 degrees, so we had some things in there while we tried to use it all up, you know, meats, frozen veggies, and some frozen fruits. So, this morning, the temp on the thermometer was 59!!!
I took everything out, and had to throw a little bit away, but there were several things that I could save IF I cooked it today. So, I put some chicken thighs and some pork country style ribs in the oven and baked them. I just put some meat tenderizer and some seasoned salt on them. After they were cooked, I packaged them up in meal size portions and put them in the little freezer compartment of the new fridge.
I had a small beef roast in there, too. I had been saving it for a special meal, because I don’t cook beef very often. FabGrandpa’s doctor back in Georgia told me not to let him eat very much beef. So, most of the time, he only gets beef if we eat out, which is not very often. But last time we went to Page, this roast was on sale for a good price. I used about a 1/4 of it to make beef stew last week and put the rest of in the freezer.
Starting down the grade into Hurricane, Utah
So, today, I sprinkled the rest of it with tenderizer and seasoned salt, then seared it in a skillet with olive oil and then put it in the crock pot. I cut up some celery, onions, and a red bell pepper and sauteed those for a few minutes in the skillet, then dumped them in on top of the roast in the crock pot. I left it on high for about an hour while I got dressed, cleaned up the kitchen, and made up the bed. We decided to run down to Hurricane, Utah (about 100 miles away) to pick up a part we had ordered at the RV place there, so I turned the crock pot down on “warm” while we were gone.
Sunset when we were coming back home this evening.When I got home, that roast was just right! MMMMMMMM.
Cabbage and Smoked Sausage
I was tired today so I wanted something I could cook really fast for dinner. I cut up some cabbage and some potatoes, and threw them together in a skillet with some butter, salt, pepper and water. I simmered them until they were tender, then added some smoked sausage, cut up into bite sized pieces. It was really good, and ready in about 30 minutes.
Now I have to tell you about something that made me laugh today. When I was walking around the campground this morning doing the rounds, I passed by a site where there was a tent camper. No one was up yet. I could hear someone inside the tent snoring so loudly that I could almost see the sided of the tent moving in and out. I walked a few sites on down the road, and again, there was a tent camper, with no one up and about yet. As I was walking by, I heard a very loud faarrrrtttt! and then a guy said, “Boy did that ever feel good!” I have laughed about that all day!
Pictures From Page Arizona
The other day when we were in Page, we went to some scenic viewpoints. I promised to put some pictures here, so here they are:
This was the beginning of the trail to Horseshoe Bend Canyon. It was uphill, yeah. About 1/4 mile to the edge of this canyon, but…..
If you click on this picture to make it bigger, and look very very closely, you will see some people standing on the edge of the canyon. That is where we were going to go. But, if you also look at the center of this picture, just beyond the canyon, you will see a huge thunderstorm. And there was huge lightening coming out of that cloud and going down to the ground. Nope, not me, I don’t do thunderstorms.
After we walked back to the truck, we went over to the scenic viewpoint with a nice view of the Glen Canyon Dam. We went on the tour of the dam a few weeks ago when we were in Page last time, but this is a different view of the area. See that railing? It was on the way back UP. Yeah, uphill again. We went all the way up because we had to–we went all the way down. Now try to imagine walking up that trail, wearing new prescription sunglasses with bifocals in them. Not an easy task. I didn’t let go of the rail once!
The Glen Canyon Dam from the scenic viewpoint. Isn’t this just awesome?
Here I am standing by those weird rock formations. And yeah, that is the same orange shirt I wore last time I was here. Maybe I’m trying to blend in…
Here is FabGrandpa posing for me. He may just be getting used to it after 16 years.
The Star of the Show, the fabulous Colorado River below the dam. What a beautiful sight!
Sunset in Page. Try to ignore the antenna in the picture. I do. 
Oh, yeah, the reason we went to Page. To get a fridge. Yeah, big enough. That teeny tiny freezer holds enough meats for two weeks of meals. Wine, eggs, gluten free beer. What more do you need?
Just To Let You All Know:
I got an email from my cousin, Brenda, asking if I was ok, and I had no idea what she was talking about. She said she heard about a dam breaking at the Grand Canyon, and wondered if we had been evacuated.
So, I googled and found this. The dam that broke was near the village of Supai, where members of the Havasupai Indian Tribe live. It is about 30 miles northwest of the Grand Canyon Village at the South Rim. FabGrandpa and I are on the North Rim, and are in no danger of flooding, even though it did rain quite a bit on Friday night and then again on Saturday.
We are in Page, Arizona right now, spending the night so we can have the truck serviced at the Ford Dealership in the morning and buy a refrigerator. We went to a couple of scenic viewpoints today and got some great pictures, some of which I will be posting here later. But, there was a thunderstorm in the area so we didn’t stay long.
So, thanks to all of you who were worried about us, we really appreciate the love.
You Never Know What You Might See
While working at the gate this week I have seen some things….
I saw a very young guy, who was traveling with some friends of his, who was knitting a scarf! I found that to be quite interesting as 1. he was actually knitting in front of his friends, and 2. he said he learned how to knit so he would have something to do to pass the time while he was on this long road trip. When I asked him about it, all of the guys in the car were telling me how they loved to knit!
I saw a VERY COOL Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. It was very obviously loved by its owner. Yellow, convertible, and occupied by an old hippie. I didn’t think there were any of them on the road anymore. (the car or the hippie, ha ha)
I saw a little girl, with blonde curly hair, sitting in the back seat of a car. She was watching everything I did, and when they pulled away from the gate, she smiled a big smile and waved at me.
There was a Japanese family, who when I asked how many people where in the vehicle, the father said 5, and a very cute little boy in the back seat shouted “Five! I’m five!”
I saw a raven land in a tree top across the road from my station. He was very vocal that day, and cawed in count (it seemed) for each car that came by during his stay there.
Then there was the lady who cried when she asked me where she could find a certain hotel, and I had to tell her it was 220 miles away on the other side of the world. I felt so bad, but there was nothing I could do. She really thought she was on the right side.
A little boy who showed me his Jr. Ranger badge with pride, asking me if it would get his family in for free. His dad had a pass, so I told him it would. He was grinning ear to ear.
And on the way home, a deer family, a doe and two fawns. It was dark, but lightening lit up the sky. It was raining, and smelled so good out there. I just love my job.
Crap, Crap and more Crap!!!
You know how I told you that I cooked all day on my day off so we could just come home, heat something up for dinner and all that? Well, damn it, my refrigerator has quit working, just like that! So, I called Norcold, the manufacturer, and talked to them yesterday, and found out it is still under warranty, until December 20, and they gave me about 6 phone numbers for authorized repair places in Page (125 miles away) and Flagstaff (220 miles away).
But guess what? NONE OF THOSE PLACES “are working on refrigerators at this time”. WTF??? What that means is “Lady, do you know we are located in the DESERT of ARIZONA and there are people, little old ladies, who have no AIR CONDITIONING, and they are by far more important (read more lucrative, more $$$) than whether or not you and your husband have food?”
Ok, so we what we have decided to do is to go to Page and get a small refrigerator at Wal-Mart, and put it where we now have a chair in the living area of our trailer, and put the chair in the bedroom of our trailer where we now have the laundry basket, and use the real refrigerator as a bookshelf until we get to Phoenix in October. And maybe someone at an “Authorized Repair” place in Phoenix will actually have the time to make the repair before the warranty runs out. And if they don’t, then I will call Norcold again and ask them what they suggest we do.
OK, so maybe I feel better now that I have gotten this off my chest. Thanks for listening.
