Home ... just in time for the snow

We checked out of our resort yesterday morning, and must admit it was pretty comfy. Large room and large bathroom, everything worked properly and, of course, all the amenities we could want were on the first floor. The rest of the day was spent crossing Nevada and then crossing western Utah to get back to where we stayed Monday night.

It seemed to me that lots of the small towns we passed by on I-80 had an impermanence, a temporariness, about them. Some consisted of one or two frame structures, a few trailer houses and the rest RVs, campers and travel trailers. I had to wonder about the folks who live there ... are they single workers? Solitary couples? What kind of community life do they have?

We stopped for a late breakfast in Lovelock, looked like only one of the restaurants was open and the streets were vacant ... no traffic, no people. Kinda eerie.

There was a storm behind us, so it was overcast all the way to Salt Lake City. And SLC was overcast ... in a pall of thick brown smog. It stayed until we left this morning, and we noticed signs along the highway warning of impending air quality problems tomorrow. Looks like an inversion problem that awaits a remedy. Wonder how long it will wait.

Anyhow, we made a leisurely departure from SLC this morning. Has to be leisurely; the first hour or so consists of driving on an urban freeway (fortunately, the traffic wasn't bad on a Saturday morning). Soldier Summit was cold but not snowing and we didn't run into snow until we were between Monticello and home. Earlier, we enjoyed the fully decorated Christmas tree someone has left for passersby alongside the highway north of Moab.

Snow appears to have accumulated on the La Platas in our absence, and we had a brief spotlighting of sunlight on the peaks as we came down from Summit Lake. And, within five minutes of arriving home at about 3:30, the snow began to come down. Still is at 8:10 p.m.; wonder what tomorrow will look like? tv