October 27, 2021 Bluff, Utah

 80 degrees, sunny and no wind. It was lovely. 

We left Moab and drove by the Hole In the Rock, which is a home tunneled into the rock with a large gift shop and now a petting zoo, and the Wilson Arch along the road south of Moab. Water in Recapture Reservoir with fall cottonwoods. 

Driving into Bluff, Utah. The Twins in Bluff, Utah. 

Beautiful, historic, downtown Bluff, Utah. They say the population is around 300, but they must not live in town. There is no downtown. A few hotels, gift shops and restaurants. Many RV parks. Very quiet little town. The bus at the Coral Sands RV park. 

Working on this new masterpiece. 6 x 6 x 2 inches. My friend Pam make the center. It says it is Indian Paint stone. The view north from our campsite. 

Coral Sands RV park. The view from our backyard tonight. 

Sunset tonight. It was cloudy, windy, rainy and only 60 yesterday. We stayed in. Today we walked around Bluff. At Fort Bluff which is a collection of old historic buildings, a gift shop etc. John bought us ice cream from a woman dressed in period clothing. 

Bluff Dwellings resort is mostly new since last year. It is a fancy resort with a spa and Wilderness Adventures. The Twin Rocks trading post and cafe was down the street. The cafe is closed for Weds and Thurs. The trading post l had really beautiful Indian jewelry, baskets and weavings. The welcome guys  by the door had masks on.  

One of many old historic homes in town. Welcome to Bluff, Utah.

The Cadillac ranch RV park is down the road. It is smaller than the Coral Sands where we are parked, but has a vintage Cadillac out front. Another historic home. 

At the Cottonwood Steak house is Fort Crapper. The Navajo Code Talker highway runs through town. The code talkers were in WWII, they used the Navajos language, with Navajos to interpret as an  unbreakable code that helped win the war. a decretive gate, John under the raven at the Twin Rocks Trading post, the vulture was down a bit, I am about finished with this masterpiece. It has an Indian Paint stone in the center, made by my friend Pam, natural and dyed pine needles and magnetite and glass beads. It is 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches.