One or More Things I Did Today (Last Saturday Edition)

And Let It Be Known, that on July 15th, in the year of 2 thousands and 11, I was up to this:

• Raised my head from my pillow.
• Made a PB & J sandwich.
• Drove through NE Nevada into Utah, land of Jimmer.
• Let's cut to the good part:
• Full moon. Full, full moon.
• Made dinner at a rest stop outside of St. George, Utah.
  
• I entered the hills and passes that greet motorists as they leave Cedar City and enter the Dixie National Forest*.
  
• For much of the drive, I'm treated to an extended exercise in solipsism. The moon rises and falls behind cliffs on the way, and the light has brought the deer out in full force.
• These deer could care less about cars.
  
• Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the cars.
  
• I expected to find Bryce Canyon an area bereft of cell-phone coverage, a place one would need to plan ahead before visiting.
• This was not the case.
• Better service than San Francisco.
• And there are gas stations within a mile of the entrance to the park. Consider this.
  
• But, as I arrive late to Bryce, there is no one to be seen. The sign at the gate informs me that the primary campground is full, but that there are plots available in the Sunset Campground.
  
• I drive on, never finding Sunset, and ending up at the end of the road. Along the way I stop at several of the viewpoints and savor the supreme calm and beauty of having such a scene all to myself on a full moon.
  
• Finding myself at the end of the line, I consider rolling out my Thermarest at the edge of Rainbow Point, but decide against it, either because I'm spooked by the absence of any sound that high up and where the road has stopped (which, if logically followed, would mean there's nothing up there to be spooked about), or because I'm not entirely sure a woodland creature won't try and snuggle up to me while I slumber.
  
• As a compromise between two factions of my decision making committee, I opt to rearrange my haul and make a nook for sleeping. And let me tell you**, it worked like a lucky charm***.
• Sleep, precious sleep****.
  

Picture of the day: Once again, I forgot. But I've got plenty to come.

As they say, "It was a Day".

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*I agree: how is this not in Tennessee or something?
**Phrase copyright Malia Killings, 2011.
***When is Obama going to roll up his sleeves and get down to tackling the real issues he ran on back in '08? Specifically, compelling General Mills by executive order to make an all marshmallows Lucky Charms cereal? We can use the non-marshmallow bits for mortar. How this plays out will be a significant factor in how '12 shakes out.
****As you will see shortly, I checked my phone (what fidelity in the reception out there) to see what time the sun would rise the following morning and set my alarm for 10 minutes prior.