After traveling through the Grand Tetons, we arrived at the Montpelier Creek KOA in Montpelier, Idaho. This KOA is one of the nicest KOA's we've stayed at. The owners and workkampers were extremely kind, happy and the ultimate hosts. After I did some laundry and Roger washed the motor home and car, we went to dinner at Lott's which was a local restaurant run by a very hard working woman. She not only ran the restaurant, but was also the waitress. The food was great!
We left Montpelier Creek KOA the next morning and visited the Oregon Trail Museum right in Montpelier. If you are a Western History buff, you'll love the paintings in the museum. The painting are all done per diaries written by people who traveled the Oregon Trail. They tell the stories of hardship and hard work that the new settlers went through to get West. On our way to Bringham, UT we traveled the Logan Canyon Pass from Garden City to Logan. The tree colors were changing and it was absolutely one of the most beautiful drives I've ever seen. It was a 55 minute drive and Roger was thrilled to be getting 22 miles per gallon downhill!
We arrived at the Bringham-Perry KOA outside of Salt Lake City, UT on Friday afternoon. No sooner had we pulled into the campground but our friends, Kitty & Terry, pulled in right behind us which we had pre-arranged but didn't think that we would both arrive at the same time. They are from Brooklyn Park, MN and have been traveling through New Mexico and Colorado.
This KOA was one of the worst KOA's we've ever been to. Not only was it run down, but the sites were not level at all. When Roger was trying to level the motor home, the leveling jacks decided to quit working. After a whole lot of frustration and phone calls, Roger was able to get the jacks to come back up and we just leveled the motorhome using blocks of wood. We'll try to get them fixed once we get to California.
Salt Lake City is a very clean city and the people are very warm and welcoming. We toured Tabernacle Square and the new LDS (Mormon) Conference Center. We were able to listen to an organ recital in the "old" Tabernacle and go into the Visitors Center where there is a cut out of the Temple. All I can say is that the LDS church has a lot of money. They are slowly buying quite a bit of the city land up and revitalizing the area.
Sunday morning Kitty & Terry left to go to Colorado and see Kitty's daughter. We left the campground to head West. We traveled all day and arrived in Winnemucca, Nevada and are using our Camp USA membership to stay at the Hi-Desert RV campground. We have a very nice site overlooking the mountains. On our way here, we saw the Great Salt Lake and a whole lot of desert. Tomorrow we leave for a new adventure on our way to California.
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