Great Midwest RV Trip - Day Three (Net Miles = 0)

"Welcome to Utah:  Life Elevated"

Wednesday was not the most productive day of our RV trip--in fact we had net mileage of zero.  We took the RV into Freightliner of Utah near Salt Lake City, and spent from 0830 to 1600 in the truckers waiting area as they diagnosed the check engine light and did a warranty repair.  We are not sure how much time it should have taken, but it was a lot longer than we wanted.  Neil just about went stir crazy waiting, but we did have a pretty good breakfast and lunch in the trucker cafe there.

Had we know it would have taken that long, we might have done something with the day, but that would have meant a rental car, taxi or some such.  That plus the fact that it was about 95 degrees kept us inside in the Freightliner Dealer.  They finished around 1600 and we were able to meet our good friend Mickie Dutton who we worked with in Washington, DC and Juneau.  She is working in Salt Lake City after here USFS retirement and we had a great dinner in south Salt Lake City.

We returned to the Salt Lake City KOA for a second night and made plans for our escape into Wyoming.

The Oregon Trail

Much of our trip so far has been along the historic route of the Oregon Trail.  As we move into Wyoming, it also is along both the Pony Express Route and the Mormon Trail up to Salt Lake City.

We are having a great time and the RV is working out great.  We are still finding the best places to store things.  And we brought way too much "stuff".  This will be a huge surprise to those of you who know us and the way we like to travel ;}

Thanks for visiting,

Neil and Pamela