Sitting in Salt Lake City

Before we knew it September had passed and it was time to start our journey to Florida and then to Texas. First however we had one last doctor’s appointment to make and so we headed down to Salt Lake City. There we checked into the usual RV Park, and of course they had raised their rates, but somehow after Alaska and Canada the rates didn’t seem so astronomical.

We had a few days to wait before Renita’s appointment and so we fixed the counter extension and refreshed our larders with a visit to Sam’s Club. Shopping here is so different as some of the stores have supplies and meals set up for doomsday peppers. You can buy thirty days rations, all in cans, and even ninety two servings of dried scrambled eggs. Maybe they are preparing for the election results?

I got on the internet and we decided to visit the Utah Museum of Natural History, located on Utah University’s Campus. The beauty of the new museum grabbed us as soon as we drove up and parked. Its siding is copper and it is aging much like our untreated copper jewelry.

Walking inside we were greeted with a huge glass wall was filled with items, and most of them were from Utah. Fossils and rocks and Native American bead work all promised a fun day at the museum. Paying for tickets we headed up the elevator to the fifth floor and soon were enjoying room after room.

We finally reached the third floor where we enjoyed the rocks and the geology displays. A seismic station was set up and allowed us to jump up and make our own miniature earthquake waves. Bet you can't guess which waves were from me jumping up and down and which were Renita’s?

Of course we hurried across the bridge and drooled as we studied the rock and mineral specimens. One of my favorites is the varicite. It’s a mineral from Utah and makes beautiful green cabs, but we haven’t been able to get acquire any of our own.

Finally reaching the last two floors, I concentrated on studying all the dinosaur teeth. We have quite a bit of bone and some coprolite but teeth are really hard to find and even harder for us to correctly name. Regardless the dinosaur exhibit makes the museum well worth visiting. It’s arguably as good as the one in Thermopolis Wyoming, and far better the Peabody Museum at Yale.

So we finally left and it had been a good day. Renita’s doctor appointment came and she got the all clear so we head south on Sunday. We are kind of taking a strange route because it’s snowing in Cheyenne and so we will head south to St George and then east along interstate forty. The adventure continues. Clear skies