Wednesday February 27th

In case you haven't noticed yet, I seem to be struggling with what day it is. I like when holidays go like that; soon I'll have no choice but to know.

Anyway, I just checked the calendar and Wednesday is indeed the 27th, so I must be in Utah. Actually, I only made it as far as Payson today - a whopping 192 miles. Believe it or not, it was still a full day. Since the weather was forecast in the 50's and no rain or snow, it was a good day to do the scheduled oil & lube on the Bounder. I'd serviced it last fall before I put it away, but the odo was ticking over 3,000 miles since then & there was no way I wanted to put another 1,400 miles on & do it at home. I had picked up the oil and filter and one of those mini cartridge grease guns (assuming I'd just leave that in the MH for anyone who needs, um, greased), so I had the supplies and the Flying J in Nephi was the perfect place.

While I was there, I also did the winterization on the water lines - I hear it's still cold way up north. Given a choice I think I'd have preferred to just wait until the weather warmed rather than waste more good antifreeze... but unfortunately nobody's given me a choice. In any event I pulled into Nephi around noon and I left around 5:30 having accomplished pretty much everything I needed to do (a couple things I wound up not being able to do because I was short parts, but they're not critical). Good timing to be gone then, as the lot was filling up with trucks for the night.

Leaving Nephi the choice was to either stop early or get past Salt Lake City (another 80 miles or so), as I DON'T want to be navigating it in morning rush hour tomorrow. The Payson Wal*Mart is right beside the Interstate, so convenience wins out. It's only supposed to be in the high 20's or low 30's tonight (about the same as last night in Cedar City), although there's a lot of snow on the mountains and patches on the ground here.

The first couple pictures are from Cedar City this morning - last night's pictures in the dark turned out like crap. Notice what's hiding behind the Wildwood trailer, thinking he can't be seen. Hey, I'm just saying...

BTW, the Dutch Star is from Alberta and headed back. The brown MH in the first pic also had Alberta plates, but I'm not sure which direction they're headed. Probably saw another 8 or 10 Alberta MHs, trailers, and horse trailers headed north today, so the spring migration must be starting.

I didn't take any pictures at the Flying J - thought about that as I was leaving. Would have made good pictures with all the crap unloaded, compressor running, etc. The last pic is from Payson.
I'm showing an unsecured WiFi connection available, so I'm gonna try to jump on it and get this posted. TTFN

PS - I just finished the last of the rum, so I'm gonna try to tough it out and finish off Tina's beer before Great Falls...