Sunday, Apr 8

A very early start, got up to answer natures call at 5:30 AM and stepped in a puddle on the floor. It turned out the water pressure in the park [at Cedar City] was so high you needed to put on a regulator. I had one, but never checked the pressure as it was a KOA, so spent a bunch of time wiping up water. After I couldn't get back to sleep, so we were up early again and on the road by 7:30 AM.

The good news was that I got a good deal on fuel -$3.76/gallon. Got all the way to Salt Lake City by noon and ran the construction gamut. It's about 30 miles of narrow lanes, giving us less than a foot on each side of the coach at 55 mph. Are we having fun yet? It was good thing being easter Sunday as the traffic was quite light and big trucks almost non-existant. Anyway we got all the way to Ogden where we bought fuel, $3.64 per gallon. At this rate it will be free by the border, LOL. Got a call from Char while we were having lunch there, so I took a picture of where we sat at the time. Although it was cool in the morning, by the time took the pic it was well into the 70's.

After lunch we made it up into Idaho, where Marg took over the driving responsibilities. With the early morning, I was getting a bit of road fatigue. Usually doesn't happen, but then I don't usually get up at that ridiculous hour. I think she drove for the next 3 hours, a nice break, her claim to fame was that she spent less time on the rumble strips than I did. LOL This rig is fairly wide, high [12ft] and long [60 ft with the car]; so although it is not difficult to drive, it requires you be alert & she did fine. By the time she switched seats, we were north of Idaho City [the last camping in Idaho] and had made such good time that we elected to continue on to make the dreaded Monida pass. There was snow in the high country, but the roads were dry and in great driving condition as we entered Montana. We had called ahead to an rv park in Dillon where we had previously stayed and they had room. They held a drive-through stall for us and we were glad to see Dillon, with 600 miles behind us when we pulled in at 6PM. So the marathon continues. Hah! Nice people that run the park and it is kept up in very nice condition as well as being scenic. Southside rv park.

Pretty chilly here, they said not to leave a water line out tonight or it will freeze up. Great tv & wifi and good rates. The owners recommended Sparky's Garage for dinner, so we walked over. It's really quaint, fixed up with period pieces and the food was great. They said their claim to fame was their bbq, so we both had the ribs and were not disappointed. The quantities were something else & we had a large take-away.

Fingers crossed that the water lines don't freeze tonight. Should make the border by mid-day tomorrow.

Happy birthday Vanessa & Krista.