Monthly Archives: June 2010
Last Day in Salt Lake City…
We headed for lunch at Sweet Tomatoes about 11 am, but first we drove thru a Holiday gas station right down the street. I wanted to check out access since I want to fuel up tomorrow morning before we hit the road south.
Diesel is down to $2.91, a pleasant change from a few weeks ago where I paid $3.69.
Sweet Tomatoes (also known as Souplantation in some areas) is a really good soup and salad buffet place we first discovered in Ft. Myers, FL last year, and we try to eat there went ever we find one.
After lunch we drove over to Walmart to do some shopping, and then Jan wanted to get her hair done for our daughter Brandi’s wedding in two weeks.
Then, heading home we stopped by Camping World so Jan could look at some of their recipe books.
Getting home I worked on some stuff around the coach.
I repaired a connector on the wires that connects the tail lights on our toad to the coach. Then I installed a video camera in my engine compartment so I can monitor the operation of my PacBrake exhaust brake.
Then a little before 5 pm we drove over to Famous Dave’s BBQ to have a last dinner with our good friends, Pat and Judy Benson.
We got back to the rig about 7 pm and started getting ready to travel tomorrow. Then about 8:30 a bad thunderstorm, complete with hail, roared thru the area, but I don’t think it was bad enough to do any damage, at least not here.
Tomorrow we head south to Monticello, UT, about 270 miles away, on our way to Show Low, AZ.
More then…
Salt Lake City…
About 11 am our friends, Pat and Judy, came over to our rig, and after talking for a while we headed out for lunch right down the street at Applebee’s.
After talking over old times after lunch, we headed out for some sightseeing. We spent several hours driving around downtown, and then up into the hills overlooking the city.
Here’s a shot of the Mormon Temple and the Temple plaza.
And here’s a side shot of the Temple.
This is up in the hills north of the city looking down on State St., the main thoroughfare running for miles out from the city.
Here’s a shot of the mountains to the west of Salt Lake City. They had snow here in Salt Lake just last week, and are trying to reopen the ski areas because of all the snow they’ve had.
And here’s another colorful mascot like the pronghorn antelope we saw the other day.
After coming back to the rig, Pat and Judy headed home for a while, Then about 5:30 we met them and some of their family at the Texas Roadhouse a few miles away.
We had a great time getting to know them, along with the great food.
After dinner we took Pat and Judy home, with a detour to the new Mormon Temple up in the hills overlooking Draper.
We got back to the rig a little before 8 pm and settled in for the night.
Tomorrow we’ll run some errands and then meet Pat and Judy at a nearby Famous Dave’s BBQ for dinner.
More tomorrow…
