I camped that night at
San Rafael Bridge Campground - another good place to camp:
There are a lot of primitive sites in Buckhorn Draw to the west of this campground if you are looking to save a few bucks.So I got myself into a bit of a pickle here. I found that I had left my awning extender thingy at my campsite in Idaho. I found that it was fairly easy to open the awning by turning the extender whatchemecalit by hand. BIG MISTAKE. Since the awning is spring loaded reversing this process by hand was virtually impossible. It seemed nothing would fit into the eye of the whatchemecalit in a way that would allow it to be turned adequately. I was stuck at the campground with my awning out.
Well lucky for me I had put nuts on my turnbuckles. I don't know what I would have done otherwise: