I left Martha and Bob's about noon their time today as I knew I would be losing an hour entering Mountain Time. I got to the KOA campground in SLC about 5:30 MT and have a nice campsite, far enough away from the interstate not to hear all that traffic noise, and only a short ways on the same street to get to the Mormon History Center and not much further to the U. of Utah. So I think I will stay here another night. That will give me all day tomorrow to visit both the university and the history center and I can start out fresh from here on Wednesday morning. Besides the campground has free Wi-fi. It took me a while to get connected to it but I finally got on.
Most interesting sight in the long drive today was the Salt Flats at the upper end of Great Salt Lake. They are so flat and so reflective in the sunlight that it was not hard at all to see mirages of water where there were none. But in a few places near the interstate there were shallow pools of water and the fence posts were rimed with salt where the water level once was higher.
Yesterday Martha and I drove up Lamoille Canyon as far as the road went and then hiked in a little further to a place where in the spring there is a waterfall. There was only a very small stream at this season of the year but the golden aspens and the reds of other foliage and the mountain cliffs so high above us made for a impressive sight. It was definitely one of the highlights of my trip. Then this morning we went to Elizabeth's house (she's the lady whose free credits I used at the casino) to thank her and stayed an hour to help her, her husband and another friend pick plums off their plum tree. It was just loaded with plums similar to Italian plums but about half the size. She sent me off with a jar of plum jam and one of choke cherry jelly that she had put up. I will be enjoying those this winter I know.
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