A reprieve from tenting

Well, now I'm feeling reprieve. But today has been long and somewhat difficult. Sometimes when you fly by the seat of your pants, and don't plan ahead where you're going to spend the night, life can get a little challenging.
So far on our trip, we have been tent camping on either BLM land or US Forest Service land or National Park land. We have been doing what they call "dispersed camping" which is where you basically drive off the road on some dirt path and set up your tent at least 200 yards from any road or water source. The fun part is that you are on your own in nature and it's free! The hard part is finding the sites because there is no general map or directions that can lead you to these places. 

Since we are now in Salt Lake City, there is less open land to camp on. So today we found ourselves without a campground. We were planning to go camp on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake until I read a review on RV Park reviews that said, "Believe the park's website when it states 'the biting gnats have hatched'! We gambled, thinking the gnats would not be so bad, however, they were bad even with head nets on!"

I called to verify if the biting gnats, which come every year from April-June, were currently there, and was told they were, but they "weren't too bad". Since our family has no head nets, we decided not to risk it this time around. 

I was super bummed not to have a place to stay and not to be able to see the Great Salt Lake because it was getting late and we were out of options and since we had planned to stay in a hotel the next night to clean up before picking up the trailer, we started looking at hotels for tonight. 

Scott graciously took us to a small portion of the Great Salt Lake where people were fishing. We got out a blanket sat down and started looking for places to stay. Scott found an RV park that did not allow tent camping but had cabins. 

So tonight we are not tent camping. We are staying in a cute little cabin.

And our accommodations came with a lot of fun bonuses! Note the beautiful pool the kids are swimming in 

AND the clean laundry room where we were able to wash clothes for the first time in six days 

AND the full kitchen that Scott made dinner in 

AND the games provided!