This was to be a long day, with our luggage placed outside our rooms by 6:00 am and us loaded on the coach by 7:15. However, after our buffet breakfast at the hotel, we learned that our coach had a problem with one of the tires, so our departure was delayed by several hours, and we pulled out of the parking lot at 10:20. This was not a big deal and much better than having the problem out in the middle of nowhere, but just think of the extra hours of sleep we could have had!

Because of our late start, we had to modify our plans and our route, heading south-west through Montpelier ID. There we stopped for our sack lunch and toured the National Oregon/Califoria Trail Center, a very nice center located on the actual campsite used by the Oregon Trail journeyers. Leaving Montpelier, we headed mostly south into Utah and made a pit stop at Bear Lake.

Then we drove on down through the twists and turns of Logan Pass, through Logan UT, finally making it to Salt Lake City about 5:30. After a quick dinner in the City Center Mall, we hurried to the Conference Center to attend a practice of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Some of us also got a quick tour of the garden roof of the Conference Center, a huge and remarkable building with an auditorium seating 21,000 people.

We watched the choir practice for about an hour and then left for our hotel in Park City, getting in our rooms about 10:00 pm. As we arrived Marilyn asked us if we were tired. When we all said yes, she said, “Good, then it was a successful day.” I guess we now know her criterion for a successful day.