Tuesday, June 19th - MA Comes "Home"

MA started today at Berri & Colin's home in Round Rock, Texas. MA decided to make a quick overnight stop on her way back to DFW and her flight to Salt Lake City.

I pretty much got the coach ready to roll last night. All I had to do was bring in the slides, walk Gypsy, take out the trash, bring up the hydraulic levelers and go.

Highway US-93 south from Jackpot to Wells, Nevada is an lonely two lane road. At Wells, I got breakfast at Burger King and go on I-80 and drove east toward Salt Lake.

Just as I crossed the state line into Utah, I had an impressive panorama of the Bonneville Salt Flats. This is the location where almost all significant land speed records have been set. I have never seen such realistic mirages as in this area.

I got to SLC and found the Wal-Mart where I had intended to spend the night. However, the parking involved a multi-level parking garage. The vertical clearance was 13'6" which is OK (by 6"). But, I was not sure if I would be able to negotiate what looked to be tight turns inside the garage, especially while towing the Jeep. So, I got my Cracker Barrel Country Store map of locations and called the one nearest the SLC airport. The manager said parking there overnight was fine. So, I moved about five miles to the Cracker Barrel for the night.

MA's flight was exactly on-time and I picked her up at the baggage claim without any problem. It is great to have her back "home".

The daytime temps are in the upper 90's; nighttime temps in 70's. So, we have the generator running all night for the air-conditioning.