The Salt Lake experience

We had to cross mountains again to get to Sandy, UT. We arrived at Julie's about 5 PM on Saturday. She fixed us a good dinner that could best described as "Chinese Hawaiian", but it was great, something I or Melissa will try when we get home. I did one of the tightest parking jobs I have ever had to do to fit the camper in Julie and Scott's driveway. I had about an inch and a half to play with on either side. I ended up with the back of the trailer up against the carport so I let some air out of the tires on the opposite side, and all was well. However in the morning I will have to get it back out of there! On Sunday after church, Scott took David snowboarding on a small ski slope up in the mountains while I worked on my Online photos and washed some clothes. The ski lift was not running as the place was closed, so Scott had to carry his skis and David the snowboard back up the hill with each run, so they got quite a workout. Since I was not there and David had all he could handle with the board, there are no photos. While at Julie's I fixed a huge pot of beef stew, and a pot of spaghetti sauce. Most of the stew got eaten in one sitting, and the rest went for Scott's lunches for a day or two.
David and I kept Shiloh, the grandbaby and niece for one day and that was an experience. All went well as she trained us very well. She has the best fake cry I have seen, but it took a while to realize it was fake, so now she knows she can get picked up whenever she wants if "Mom" is not around. Julie took her to the baby sitter after that so we would not spoil her any more than already done. She said it was bad after Melissa kept her for several days on her last visit and she didn't want to have that repeated. We took many photos and some will be put on the photo Site.
We picked the worst day of the year to visit Antelope Island in the Salt Lake. The gnats were swarming, there were some mosquitoes, and the lake had a strong sulfur odor caused by bacteria at the bottom, which periodically comes to the surface. There were actually a few folks in the water at the beach, and other visitors looking at the buffalo herd. There are also antelope and deer on the island but we did not see any. The lake has water running into it after rains, but none runs out, it just evaporates or soaks in over time which has left a large amount of salt in it. It is said that if one floats in it, their body will be half out of the water. I will leave that test for another time as the truck got covered with gnats, and we didn't get 0ut but once to go into the visitor center.
We don't know where we will get to tomorrow, but it will be in the direction of San Francisco...