Day 35 - June 20 - Beryl Junction, UT

Last night in Parowan ended up being pretty chill. I went for a walk around town to see what the town was like. When I was walking along the side of the street, some kids came up in their truck next to me and honked then yelled at me. They startled me and I though, ah, ya got me you crazy kids. Then as they were speeding away, one yelled out to me, "use the sidewalk!" Now I remember having a lot of things to be angsty about as a teenager, but proper sidewalk usage was not one of them. Anyways, pedestrial skylarking aside, storm clouds were forming and it got pretty comfortable outside. It rained a little bit but it was nice and cool and I just sat and me tent and read and relaxed.

I got out and headed for Cedar City, I needed to hit up the bike shop to get my rear wheel fixed. He had to cut out 3 spokes that I messed up but he got it working again. I made it out of town in good time and headed to Beryl Junction which is barely a town. There's a few houses around but not much else. There was a small park that I set up tent in. Since it wasn't a campsite and it's Utah, there wasn't much around to set up on. The best I could do was set up on top of a pile of pine needles next to a bush. Later that night it got extremely windy and started raining. My tent was blowing all over the place and the rain cover blew off a few times even though it was staked into the ground. The wind actually blew the tent out of its stakes smashed it inwards. A few hours later it finally stopped. The weather combined with the barking dogs and loud people across the street meant I didn't sleep well. I guess I can't complain too much when it's free.