Salt Lake City, UT - 8850 Miles

After our day in Jackson, WY, we drove through the Tetons for two nights in Idaho Falls, ID. We didn't find a great deal of interest in our brief time in town other than a pleasant 5-mile walk along both sides of the Snake River and through downtown before completing the loop. The 95 degree temperatures encountered since gradually wandering back south have us reconsidering our decision not to go back to Canada. A few weeks along the border sound good, but I think we're committed to gradually returning to Texas.















Yesterday during our drive to Salt Lake City we had another of our "just stumbled upon" moments. While looking for a Walmart to replenish supplies we spotted a museum at Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, UT. We were running about two hours ahead of our hotel check-in time so we decided to stop. It turned out to be one of our better stops. The museum had two buildings and an outside area filled with aircraft from the Wright brothers to the present. Planes included B-19, B-24, B-25, B-29, B-52, and B-1 bombers, the SR-71 Blackbird, and various propeller and jet driven fighters and transports. WWII bombers have always fascinated me. I can't imagine being crammed in the turrets with people shooting at you.

We also spent time listening to the stories of a veteran who served as a volunteer docent. He told stories of his own service but most interesting were the stories of his son and nephew currently serving in Afghanistan. His son is a pilot loitering overhead and his nephew trails Taliban until they are in a position where an air strike can be called in. They both use code names during radio transmissions and the cousins only found out months later they had been talking to each other during operations.












































We'll be in Salt Lake City until Friday morning so I'll do laundry while Terry works. I'm not sure where we'll end up next.