Sunday
Spent the night in the bottom left corner of the state. Evanston Wyoming.
Good data connection on the cellphone. Checked our email. Got a note from
brother David. The baby came a month early, on Thursday, her Grandpa's
birthday. Mom, Dad, and baby are fine. But now they have the baby, and we
have the bassinette. We're still three days away. A cold night. Thirty
two degrees. Morning mist rising from Echo Lake as we crossed into Utah.
Met Uncle Johnnie at an empty shopping mall parking lot in Salt Lake City.
Sunday morning. Lots of space to maneuver the rig in and back out again.
Had a nice visit. Judy fixed us all breakfast.
Moved on to meet up with Tom and Kathy at Utah Lake State Park. We each
left our home-state Friday mid-day. We crossed paths in Utah, them headed
south, us headed west. They're out for a month. Got a nice afternoon and
evening visit.
Tom and Kathy have their giant 30' green Lazy Days. You won't find many of
them on the road. Except for the one we found on our evening walk. There
are two campground loops at Utah Lake. We were parked in loop A. The other
30' green lazy Days was parked in almost exactly the same space in loop B.
A conversation with them on our way by, revealed the trouble that had caused
the people in the other Lazy Days. Tom and I both parked in pull-through
spots and left our tow cars attached. The other Lazy Days drivers had been
out driving all day in their tow car, and pulled in just about dark to head
for their camp. He was headed for loop B, but she pointed out their rig in
loop A and directed him to it. It didn't seem quite right, but clearly,
that was their spot. Then, when they got closer, they were really offended
to see how close someone had parked right behind their rig (Tom's tow car
Elmo). When they go close enough to see that the car parked right behind
was actually hooked up to tow, they stopped to reconsider, and figured out
that all was not what it seemed. They moved on to loop B and settled in for
dinner, until these two strangers came by to visit and enjoy their story.
When you visit with Tom, you figure things out. We figured out the easy way
to make our awning retract properly. We figured out why the brake buddy had
quit working. We figured out what I would need to do to realign the backup
camera so it would work as a rearview camera like Tom's and give me a better
view of what is happening down the road behind me, not just straight down in
front of the tow-car. Thanks Tom.
