Tuesday, April 26/2016

Headed down I 15 towards Salt Lake City

It was raining and dreary today and a good day to travel as long as this rain does not turn to snow and actually, we were pretty lucky that way as it remained dreary but roads were good.

Lots of snow on the mountains

It seems like forever when you are traveling this section of highway.  It is wall to wall traffic for miles and Salt Lake City seems to go on for miles which really isn't true but there are so many smaller cities along the way that all run into each other so in fact, one is in the urban area for at least two hours depending on traffic.  The lanes on the interstate go from 2 lanes to 6 lanes at times and everyone seems to be in a damn hurry.   Man, I just do not envy Kay in this traffic as she travels this route everyday to get to the job site!!  Nasty!!

Out of Utah and into Idaho

We managed to get through all the congestion of Salt Lake City and area unscathed and crossed over into the state of Idaho.  It is much quieter here and we ended up parking for the night at exit 31 near Downey.  There is a sweet little campground behind the gas station that is free is you fill up with gas.  It comes complete with power, sewer and water.
We pull in and before too long we are joined by a rather disheveled looking old bus and its occupants look like they are from the backwoods of the Appalacian Mountains!!  Oh dear, we have a gong show going on and do any of these people actually have teeth??!!  OMG.....I really need to stop with this judgmental stuff.  They are probably very nice folks.
Another bus drives in and it appears as if these folks know each other.  Well "Howdy there friend"!!
They both get busy doing some repairs on their vehicles and John and I got to watch the show.   It was cheap entertainment.
It was soon time for supper then off to bed we head.  Tomorrow is another day and there are still lots of miles to go........