Heading South!

 

Hello!

 

Up this morning around 5, and decided that rather than wait until the end of Stage 13 of the Tour de France, we would head out about 7, the time it seems to get light in Wyoming.  Packed up everything (where does all the “stuff” come from?? Although we have added a few bottles of wine, several rolls of paper towels, a small container of dishwashing liquid, Bounce, Tide Pods (BIG plastic container), Shout …). Well, it comes from somewhere…

 

Got on the road early, but didn’t go too far!  We were about 20 miles away from Thayne – just passing through Afton, actually, when our tire pressure indicator light went on!!!!!!  (When we picked up Allez we weren’t sure exactly what “extras” he had, and apparently tire pressure was one of the options – so, we found out first-hand this morning that we DO have an indicator – and it was ON!  Figuring that we needed the tires checked, we turned around and came upon a Chevron garage which, unfortunately, didn’t open until 8.  (It was about 7:30 am) So … waited a bit, and a lovely gal came to open things up, and she was sure that when the “guys” got there, they could help.  The really good thing was that she had a nice warm seating area, with snacks and drinks available.  She and I were talking while R and owner looked over the car.  Well, turns out that all the tires were at their proper pressure, and looked fine!  As my new friend said, sometimes when the weather gets COLD (which it was, at 25 degrees!) sometimes the tire pressure light just comes on – and so, back into the car we went – and sure enough!  About two miles down the road, the pressure light went OUT, and we were fine!  Incredible!!  But that’s certainly something to get the old heart pumping…

 

R had made ham and swiss sandwiches on bagels and we ate them as we drove for a late breakfast, and they were great!  The route ran right down the state boundary, so we actually wove back and forth between Wyoming and Idaho and then Wyoming and Utah and did some pretty flat out driving to get to Richfield, which is about two hours south of SLC.  Pulled into town around 2:30 pm and checked into our old but nicely kept up Hampton Inn.  Richfield is a very nice community – neat houses and yards and seemingly lots of amenities. We watched the first men’s U.S. Open semifinal (Zverev vs. Carreno Busta) and I napped, until our restaurant of choice – Steve’s Steakhouse– opened at 5 pm.

 

Glad we arrived about 5-ish, as by the time we finished dinner and exited, there were quite a lot of people waiting to get in!   Guess we picked the best place in town!  Lovely hostess – young gal who enjoyed baseball and was an Atlanta Braves fan (?) and we got a lovely table by the window.  It was obvious from the crowd outside that they had taken out entire rows of tables, so there was quite a lot of room all around us.  We both started with lovely salads with their homemade blue cheese dressing – perfect way to begin!  Then, we both ordered their 8-oz.filet mignons cooked rare (fabulously cooked!) along with baked potatoes.  R also had quite a mound of broccoli on his plate, and an order of mushrooms for us to share.  Everything was really, really good!  

And, for a finale, they had 3-layer chocolate cake with chocolate frosting served with ice cream and a freshly sliced strawberry.  Wow!  I did the best I could, but I couldn’t quite finish the cake…need to get walking again soon to make those calories go away…now back in our room with the second men’s semifinal match on TV.  (Have to say that the U.S. Open looks so odd with no people there!  I remember the year we attended, there was so much going on everywhere!  A few nights ago, the camera caught two very large racoons walk through the greeting area – I guess they had tickets – was it because they were masked already??)

 

So – ready for bed! Tomorrow we head straight for Arizona – Richfield to Kanab to Page to Flagstaff. We’ve had such an enjoyable trip, but we are both ready to come home!

 

Lots of love,

m

xxx