Day 3, 2015

After the usual hotel breakfast, we were on the road a bit later today.  It was chilly in Spanish Forks, but sunny.  I think something like minus 14c.  Traffic leaving south was heavy until someplace around Nephi & after that thinned out.
  It kept getting warmer as we headed south with less snow on the ground.  Just around Hurricane there was no longer snow on the ground and the temp was right at the freezing mark.  When we got to St George, it was about 4c and that was the last we saw of sub zero temps.  We did encounter road works in the virgin river gorge that had us down to one lane and reduced speeds to 40 mph, but the rest was bare & dry roads.
  Stopped in at virgin river casino in mesquite, nv for lunch and a bit of a break.  We both had the all day breakfast special - 3.99 for bacon, sausage, eggs, hash browns & pancakes.  It was good, a welcome change from the  hotel fare this morning.  Should have bought gas there, but pressed on making Las Vegas around 2 or so.  That was 600 Kim's or 370 miles for the day.  Pretty easy day, but we dodged the snow that is forecast right from the border, Idaho & most of Utah.
  Phil guessed it yesterday, we are at Sam's Town for the night.  Great rooms at great rates.  Marg managed to win enough at the slots to pay for supper & what I lost.  Supper was the buffet where the feature was ribeye steaks & being Monday, it was $10 each.  Had a pitcher of beer that I couldn't finish, so Marg offered it to the lady at the next table,which she accepted for her husband.  Pretty funny!
  Tomorrow we will fuel up with the most expensive gas since Canada, did I mention that I should have fuelled in mesquite.  LOL