Drive, drive drive

Gardeners working hard
Pooh and Lincoln


Today, we drove. And drove. And drove, and drove and drove. We made a few pit stops, which added to the time of getting to our hotel, which took 10 hours. Long long LONG! It was supposed to only be nine and a half, but it turned out, we had been following the wrong GPS directions the entire time, but luckily the hotel that it took us to, wasn't too far from our scheduled hotel. Then we made it just in time to see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir practice. You were allowed to come in and leave as you like, and it was very fun to watch. First they went over different chords, as a practice should go, and then they sang the entire song, start to finish, like a performance. It didn't cost us anything, but the parking lot cost $6.

Tonight and tomorrow, we are staying in Salt Lake City, but there will still be new events ahead!

Driver thoughts: we stopped at a rest stop along the way that had a giant head of Lincoln. Something about his influence in the development of the amazing Interstate 80 connecting New York and San Fransisco. The rest stop was at the highest elevation along the way. After leaving, the mileage bars hit 100 mpg twice (10 minutes of top mileage). This did not affect the overall average very much because after you coast down for a while, there's always an up to follow. At one point I saw about two dozen cattle walking east in a perfectly straight line. hmm? We also crossed the continental divide. This 10 hour drive was not one I would like to repeat. I was white knuckled much of the time because everyone is driving 75 mph and there were huge gusts of wind every few minutes that, if you weren't tightly gripping the steering wheel, would push you over into the next lane. I prefer the gently rolling hills of the mid-west, thank you very much. We have passed many Flying J's along the way and I thought today we would finally check one out. We filled the tank and our bellies in honor of all the J's we have been visiting (James, Jan, Joel, Julie, Jim and next - Jessica in Jackson!).