Hanksville to Hite
We camped in Hanksville last night, after the town in which we had planned to camp, Caineville, didn’t seem to exist (I just googled Caineville and “ghost town” came up...hmm). In Hanksville, we were attacked by horseflies, but that negativity was balanced out by the presence of showers, which, to us, is a VERY precious commodity (and getting more precious as they get more rare).
In the morning, after seeing the closed sign in the town information building, I wandered into Blondie’s Eatery for a cup of coffee. John, the man I spoke with there, is a composter!!! The first real person I’ve met on this trip who composts! Even though Hanksville is lacking both a citywide recycling and compost program, John makes me think of Utah as a little bit (but not much) more green than I initially thought.
We then headed to Hite Recreation Center, which is on Lake Powell. According to http://www.americansouthwest.net, “There is little more to Hite besides a ranger station, gas station and a very useful general store.” That is a very true statement, so we did little besides swim and bask in the sun. And by “bask in the sun,” I actually mean “stay in the sun for too long without sunscreen and get burned.” But I did enjoy the swim in the mid-desert water, which remains clean due to a program called Trash Tracker.
The swim area "parking lot"
Trash Tracker is a volunteer program in which people spend 5-7 days aboard a houseboat, traveling along the shoreline picking up trash. Yaaaayyyy waste management! Although I’m guessing the food waste gets eaten by fish before it can be collected...
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