Our Journey East - Day 3 .... Heading in to Utah in HOT HOT weather.

We leave Mountain Home and head south, after filling up the thirsty beast.  Similar terrain and geography in southern Idaho ... very hot outside  .... 90°F ++ so A/C again is a blessing.  Everything running cool in the moho with the 7.5 kw generator running the roof AC unit, together with the dash A/C.

 After miles of dry hot desert, we venture into northern Utah with more of the same.  It was not until we got near to Salt Lake that the greenery started to show a bit.  Obviously a lot of oil/gas processing in the state, as we pass a number of refineries.

 I wanted to roll through Salt Lake City and see the Mormon Churches as that is where my dad, Fred, spent several trips gathering genealogy data for the Dimond and Campbell clans.  We manage to take a few far away shots from the freeway ... have to do ... now Friday at 5 pm .... Rush Hour !  Interesting city, Salt Lake ... with homes climbing up the surrounding hills.  Must have fabulous views.

We continue along and take the Freeway east that climbs the hills up to Park City and the site of the 2006 Winter Olympics.  Running up the hill, we see Red Soil ... hints of PEI :)  We see the ski jumps .... not really mountains by BC standards, but must get some snow in winter.

Another attempt to connect to internet over cell phone, to no avail.  Useless and frustrating ... mountains must be an issue.  Not long after, we tire and pull into Evanston, Wyoming, and grab one of the last spots at a decent little site, Phillips RV Park.  Get all the hookups sorted, animals fed, and walk to a neighbouring Mexican food restaurant.  Astrid has a marvelous marguerita that she raves about, and we each chow down on Mexican fare.  Rolaids at the ready.  Robbie the cat remains a bit freaked out ...

We are running about 6 hours behind the planned schedule... oh well, not too bad all things considered.

That's it for now...

Cheers
Astrid 'n Steve