Joe & Wilma's Excellent Adventures

 Sunday, August 4, 2024

Into Utah

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We got off to an early start this morning -- 9:30, after a sleepless night, at least for me.  With our electricity problem, the RV was a little warm.  We stopped at a restaurant before we got to Salt Lake City for breakfast around 10:30, but the waitress said she was by herself, there were 7 tables in front of us, and it would be at least 45 minutes before she could take our order.  The other part of the building was a convenience store, so we bought a box of donuts and a soda, and were on our way.  Nothing like a healthy breakfast to start the day.

We crossed the Utah state line at 11:15.

We went past a bull ranch with a big bull on the sign, Grants Range Bull.  It was an eye-catcher.  We also saw some fields with long-horn steers.  But no wildlife.

 

Just outside of Brigham City, we drove beside the Great Salt Lake, which goes from Brigham City to Salt Lake City, about 50 miles, but the stretch by Brigham City has a levee between the lake and the freeway and so you really don’t get a very good look.   I got one picture of a piece of it almost to Provo, but you literally could drive through here on I-15 and not really even know it was over there.  Past the levee, there are always buildings blocking the view.

We got off of Interstate 15 at Spanish Fork and this is our scenic drive now on Highway 6/89. We continued on 89 to Manti and got an RV spot for the night at a place we had stayed before.  We had a little rain storm on 89 on our way to Manti so Joe got his windshield partly washed by nature.

Much more scenic than I-15.  

It got hot today, mid-90s before the rainstorm.  It continued to rain a little, off and on, after we got off the road.  We drove 292 miles today but got off the road about 3:15, so we made pretty good time.  We are at the Temple Hill Resort and Campground, and just up the hill is a beautiful Mormon Temple, which you can see from miles away.  

Tomorrow night we should be in Arizona.  We are definitely moving south, into the heat.  I saw something on Facebook today that said Phoenix set a record high for the day yesterday, 116.  Apache Junction was supposed to get 113 today.  I sure hope our A/C at home works well.