Help me salvage my Goblin Valley trip?
I booked three nights in the Goblin Valley Campground to watch the Perseid meteor shower this upcoming Tuesday through Friday. Between the smoke and the rainy forecast, seeing any meteors or getting night sky photos is going to be a bust.
I made the reservation four months ago, and I don’t want to just give up and not go, especially if the weather clears up to even partly cloudy. However, I’m trying to find what we can still do on this trip.
With stage 2 fire restrictions, we can’t have any kind of campfire, and I don’t have a camp stove. With the rain, we won’t be going into slot canyons, and I’m worried about miserable and muddy hiking conditions in general.
I haven’t gone camping in years, and I was hoping this would be a good way to get back into it, but I’m afraid it’ll become a disaster. We’re two adults of middling fitness, no kids.
What would you do in this situation? I was so excited for this trip, give me some silver linings!
EDIT: Thank you for all the kind words and great suggestions. I’ve bought a new Coleman camp stove and I’m just about to head out to drive down. I’ll let you know how it goes!