We left Arco this morning and drove across some of the most boring land I have ever seen.  It was a huge valley that went off into infinity framed by distant mountain peaks.  Darlie searched the landscape for wildlife.  Nothing.   We went through a village (according to the sign) of Reno.  There was nothing there but a large house, a pioneer cemetery and a beautiful village park with a pond, benches, playground and swans swimming on the pond.  Not a soul around anywhere.  Very strange.

We arrived in Dillon around 1:00pm.  We are at Countryside RV park near town.  It is a very beautiful park.  It is packed with the holiday weekend upon us.  I'm glad I made reservations.  I called around to other RV parks for Sunday and Monday but they were all full.  Fortunately, this place has an opening for us so I reserved two more days.

We went into town for lunch.  We found the neatest place.  It is called Sparky's 1950s Garage.  It is decorated with all kinds of memorabilia from the 50s.  It was a very cool place.  One table was in the bed of an old pickup truck.  I had chicken BBQ and Darlie had a gigantic mushroom and Swiss burger.  The food was very good.

We asked our server what things we should see in the area.  She was a local girl and didn't think anything was that interesting about her little town.  But I pressed her saying what is common to her may be a treasure to us.  She opened up.  She told us about a small village museum, a crystal park, Virginia City, Nevada City and Bannock State Park.  We knew about Bannock.   It is a fantastic place we will visit tomorrow.

Sparky's

After lunch we drove into town to see the museum.  It was a very cool place with many farm implements from the late 1800s, a fully supplied school house from the period, a log cabin built by some of the original pioneers in this area and a shepherd's cook wagon.   The cook wagon was the forerunner of today's travel trailer.  It had a bed, kitchen, living area and a wood stove.

Truck bed table.

As we were leaving the museum, I managed to back into a truck parked behind me.  I put a small dent in the side of it.  It was parked in front of a real estate office.  I went in to see if they knew who the truck belonged too.  The lady at the desk said it was hers.  She went out with me to see the damage.
She was very gracious and was very kind.  We exchanged info and wished each other well and I was off.

Shepherd's wagon.

We spent the rest of the day walking the dogs around the park and sitting outside enjoying the cool weather.  Darlie went in to take a nap but the dogs wouldn't leave her alone.  They all got on the bed and did all they could to keep her awake.

No nap today.

Tomorrow I will go into the local hardware to buy a small shovel and gloves to use up at the crystal park.  It is a mining area open to the pubic.  They find all kinds of semiprecious gem stones and crystals there.  That should be a fun activity.