July 27: Provo, Utah

On the road leaving Wyoming we see more mountains on the horizon. This is a welcome sight for us after two months of flat land. When one lives with mountains every day they become part of the comfort of home.

The last rest stop in Wyoming. The I-80 is along the Mormon Trail to Utah.

More wind power at use. We have seen many locations where these wind turbines are being used. Of course these locations have a record of daily wind. However, we have noticed that when the winds are very Strong the turbines are disabled in order to avoid damage.

Here we are in Utah. We're getting very close to home now. Some how I deleted the Welcome to Utah sign my mistake so you'll just have to take our word for our location at this point. We are in the mountains now and the colors and formations have changed. The soil is red here just past the state line. We realize that we will see a wider variation in the land scape in the next few days than we have seen for the past two months.

We are at the Visitor Center in Utah and the Bear is impressed by this view. The weather is cooler and the sky is clear this morning. Judging by the pattern of the past couple of weeks we expect the storm clouds to start moving in this afternoon.

Wow! Look at the size of the sage brush! We hope the Bear doesn't pick up any ticks.

We are entering Utah Valley and plan to spend the night in Provo.

We are camped between the Provo River and a canal on the west side of town. It is quit warm today, but every spot is shaded by trees. We use the air conditioner for a little while to cool the trailer off for better comfort. The storm does move in and we have rain again.

July 28: The Provo River next to the RV park.

The canal if full of ducks this morning. They seem to be just getting their day started. Some of the duck on the bank are chasing others and one smaller duck looks like it is actually attacking another. These critters can be pretty aggressive with each other.

We hook up the trailer and hit the road again.