Salt Lake City (picking up Judy's machine)

Thursday, April 26, 2012 Day 319

Only one picture today...rain, rain, rain.We left Green River, Utah this morning, in warm sunshine, but we knew the weather was going to change today. After days of warm, hot! sunshine, it did indeed change. We drove through Salt Lake City to pick up Judy's Handiquilter, and the high was 76. By the time we crossed into Idaho, the temp dropped to the 60's, then the 50's. And it started to rain, gently at first and then the clouds opened up and the water came down. We parked for the night at Declo, Idaho, and the Village of Trees Resort, just off I 84. We bought a pizza at the office/store for dinner, because it's still raining too hard to grill outside. We feel very snug inside, except for the pesky leak in the bathroom.

Last night we stayed at a nice park called Shady Acres, where we met a couple from the Netherlands who were driving and camping in an RV for the first time. That's one of the best parts of traveling, meeting people from all over. Yesterday while hiking in Arches, we met a couple from England, and we talked "football" with them. We've met others from Germany, and of course people from many different states.

While traveling through the long miles of desert and flat farmlands, it helps to listen to audiobooks. We've listened to The Hunger Games, the sequel Catching Fire, and are halfway through Mockingjay. Not the easiest books to listen to, but it makes the miles go by more easily! (we also listened to the Mariners beat Detroit today. :)

We should be home in a couple of days. As long as it's raining, we prefer to drive on....

Total miles driven today= 353