2 Quilt Stores, Pizza, and Spring in the Mountains.

15th Trip- Days 71-73,  May 7-9, 2021, Rollin’ Home RV Resort, Nephi, UT

Friday 05/07/21 Wind. I don’t like wind. I know it is a necessary part of how the earth works but I don’t like it. There were all sorts of wind warnings in our area. As Kevin drove south to Nephi, we could feel the wind push against HOWE (our travel trailer – Home On Wheels). Kevin drove great and we made it with no problems. Rollin Home RV Park is a brand new campground. You can see it from  I-15 freeway and every time we traveled to St George, we would look to see the progress made on the building there. It isn’t finished yet but they are making progress. The check in is at a 5th wheel trailer parked along the parking lot. A sign says to knock and if no one answers, call a number. Kevin called and pretty soon “Kelli” was coming over to us on her golf cart. We got checked in while outside; she used an iPad. Then see gave us directions to our campsite. The campground has 44 sites, pull through, that are 85 feet long and 35 feet wide. They also have 13 back-ins that are 70 feet long and 35 feet wide. Spacious! Each site has asphalt for parking and then 3/4 long of grass and 1/4 long of gravel with a Lifetime picnic table. Each site also has 2 sewer dumps, plus water and electricity. They knew what they were doing when they planned this out! The sites are angled in such a way that you don’t even hardly see the people across the street from you. Seriously, great planning. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to sit outside too much because the wind was gusting to 30 mph. The second and third days were quite cold out. But that didn’t stop us from having fun. 🙂 On the way down to Nephi, I looked up fabric stores in Traveler’s Quilt Book but didn’t find one. So what do I do? Look it up on Google. We saw they closed at 6:00 PM that day so Kevin suggested we drop the trailer off and go back to town to the store. We decided to get everything set at the campground first, and then went.

The store is called “Paisley Patch Quilts” and I like it a lot. Oh, Kevin liked it too…in the front, right next to the front door, was a huge, over-sized fluffy chair. See, a husband doesn’t even have to walk very far into the store! 🙂 My eye was drawn to a fabric that goes from light pink through to mid-orange color. It has dots on it. I just had to get “2 yards, please.” We also found fabric with pictures of an old Farm-all tractor. We had to get some. I think my sister-in-law will like some of it. After the store, I had to pay my bribe…shakes at Nebo Queen. 🙂 It is like the old Dairy Freeze. I had butterscotch and Kevin had cookie dough. I truly think it was one of the best tasting shakes I have had. Back to HOWE, Kevin sat outside and I read inside. It was still just a blustery day. For dinner I fixed hot dogs, macaroni salad, and carrots. Evening time was relaxing with books and movies. We did a walk-about and boy was my long hair in a tangled mess from the wind!

Saturday 05/08/21 Another great sleep. The wind finally calmed down enough to stop shaking the trailer later last night. It didn’t bother us, though. Since it was 40s outside and with enough wind to make it uncomfortable, I made breakfast inside. I made breakfast burritos.

Ummm, for some reason I didn’t write anything else about this trip in my travel journal. It sure wasn’t from the lack of a great time, that is for sure!

We decided for the day to take a drive up Nephi Canyon. For a few miles, it was a fun memory for Kevin. Years and years ago he worked for a place that located underground gas, electricity, phone, etc. He had marked several miles of the canyon road and then was called up back for an emergency – the phone company hit a line. We met up years later with the guy who did the phone line repair and he became a great friend of ours.

The entire day we drove only on two-lane roads which is fun. We saw a lot of horses, cows, sheep and turkey farms. As we drove through Mt Pleasant, we were interested in coming back to see the history of this place. When we got back to HOWE, we booked a campground in that area to camp in a few weeks. There is farmland all around this area. At one point we headed up a canyon into the Manti-La Sal National Forest. Even though it is May, there is still snow patches around.

We found a National Forest campground up there but HOWE is too big to fit. Look at the beautiful water!

If you ever find yourself in Gunnison, UT, you must stop at Coach B’s Pizza. It is right next to the high school. It was as yummy as it looks! We couldn’t eat it all so Kevin put it in the tool box in the back of our truck. The black box kept the pizza warm the rest of the day. Boy, did his tools smell yummy! HAHAHA

Of course, we squealed the brakes when I saw this cute little quilt store on the Main Street. Yes, of course, we had to check it out. 🙂

Next to the quilt store was this old theatre. Kevin and I were fascinated by the architecture on this building.

Here is the history of that old theater.

The sites at Rollin Home RV Park are great. The site is so big, it makes our 26 ft HOWE look small. 🙂

Spring in the mountains. Beautiful.