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Our 2001 Alpine motor home, 34 ft. long.

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Something New:

We survived the cold snap. The weather warmed up again but then tonight we are expecting another cold one. This one is expected to be short lived.

We are now in Abilene. No not Texas, but Kansas. It is about 80 miles west of Topeka. It is famous for one of its sons, President Dwight Eisenhower. We will be exploring his Library tomorrow and probably a couple other museums also. We have learned the Kansas can be windy. Arcturus was a real handful with gusty north winds blowing across I-70 today. Continue reading Something New: →

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Red Rock

We have to brag about our National Parks. They are spectacular! In southern Utah there are some real gems. We have just finished exploring Arches National Park in Moab, Utah. I know you have seen photos of Landscape Arch, (Our version is below) You hike up the real thing; you must contemplate how unlikely it is for such a structure to develop, and yet there it is; spanning over three hundred feet and barely six foot thick at the apex. We hiked four miles round trip to see it. Along the way we were watched over by huge monoliths towering several hundred feet above us on both sides. It is easy to feel small and insignificant.

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Into Utah

This is the first time we have arrived in Salt Lake City from the West across the Great Salt Lake. It’s like 50 miles of flat, straight and level highway across the Bonneville Salt Flats. It is about a hundred miles from West Wendover, NV to the outskirts of civilization again. We arrived in Tooele UT, (exit 99, that is 99 miles from Wendover,) and stopped at the Flying J to fuel up. I was stationed at the light in the left turn lane when I figured out that the truck entrance was directly across from me. I peered down the road and spotted what looked like an alternate entrance to the station beside their big sign board, so I went ahead and made the left. When I reached the spot it was not an entrance.

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