Tuesday, Wednesday, April 10 & 11

Tuesday - Well it was highly predictable, the internet connection died on us.  We went to look at it early in the afternoon and nada, which also killed our home phone line and our tv subscription.  What to do when we were close to the end, pack it up, take it Mediacom and settle the account.  So no blog yesterday.
 In the morning we went to Costco to fuel the truck and get a couple bottles of scotch to take home.  The prices are that much better than home.  On the way back we stopped at Ace hardware and Marg went in to the dollar store.  She got some saran wrap to help close off the toilet.  I went to Ace and got a piece of bubble insulation for the bedroom window, a cap for a plumbing pipe and a couple other things to help close up.
  On the way home we stopped for lunch at Burger King.  Friends had said the fish sandwich was wonderful, so Marg had that. I had a rodeo chicken crunch burger, no recommendation, just seemed like a good idea.  Well mine dinner was awesome, Marg's was OK, but did no live up to it's advance reviews.
  It was then back to finish all the packing and all of the close up stuff except for the last minute details.  We had a visitors from in the park on and off most of the day to say farewell.  It seems word of our progress on Monday had got around as did the change in plans to go a day earlier.
  Then it was supper at the Village Inn. Marg had the chicken fried steak and it was quite good, I had an omelet that was good and a side of pancakes that were excellent.  Without TV, I switched us over to peasant vision as our trustee antennae was still available.  As luck would have it we found a very good western that we both really enjoyed.  LOL
  Oh the weather, well it was HOT, our first 100F /38C day of 2018.

Wednesday - We were up early and got our last minute stuff done.  Closed the place up and were on the road by 6:45 this morning.  We skipped breakfast in hopes of getting ahead of traffic, but no such luck.  We had heavy traffic on the 202 and a wreck up by the 101 connection and later heavy traffic on the 101. 
  We drove as far as Agua Fria and had a breakfast at the golden arches.  It was kind of timed to coincide with a need for a rest room.  Then on to Flagstaff where we had to leave the #17 and find the connection to #89, good thing we stopped as the gas station attendant had a helpful suggestion.  It turned out the connection was not as simple as it could have been.  The drive up the #17 was scenic, but #89 was awesome as it kind of skirts the grand canyon.  We stopped in Page for lunch, golden arches again, this is unusual for us to stop for two sit down meals, LOL.  Again saw lots of new country, well worth the trip.  The highway after Flagstaff was mainly 2 lane, so posted at lower speeds, but it is 60 miles shorter this way. 
  We got back on to the I-15, our regular route just south of Beaver and then the rest of the journey was the same as prior years.  Funny how it worked out as even with the two stops to eat and two for fuel, our early departure and shorter distance combined put us in Ogden, quite a bit further than last year.  This is north of Salt Lake City, so we are well positioned to make a good start tomorrow morning.  We may need it as there is a spring storm moving into the area.
  Supper was a very nice restaurant across from the Best Western hotel.  Marg had a burger she really enjoyed and I had a wheat beer and an open faced turkey sandwich.  One of the selling points was the in house made cranberry sauce, that was very nice.  Oh the beer was too.   A nice way to end the day.
  Oh the weather, well it was in the 20C range when we left and it got warmer until the area around Flagstaff where it was in the 18C area and quite cool.  Then it warmed as we got up around Page and Beaver, I think I saw 28C and then cooled as we travelled north, ending at about 18C in Ogden.  The wind blew hard all day, mostly in the 70 / 80 kmph until we got into northern Utah.