First morning of eating less, just yogurt instead of yogurt, eggs and sausage. Could see the bright red sun rising this morning off the reflection of someones trucks. So up by sunrise.

Our 1st planned stop was to be the Port of Entry to get our permits. It was closed due to road construction.

Our 2nd planned stop was two exits later, a Pilot on the east edge of Cheyenne. From there I called the POE but the phone was busy. So I tried the POE in Laramie. The guy on the phone asks says I should have known the POE was closed, I should have found out when I called for my authorization number. Then he wondered why I didn't call ... "I didn't call because I am neither oversized or over weight."

... Oh ... oh, just come on in and we will sell you what you need.

I've never driven a Sightseer before and I don't think I am making very good mileage. I am topping off every time BB stops for fuel.

At Laramie we get our permits and a guy who crosses the scale behind us is overweight ... and so is his truck. He has a dump truck hauling rock and has to move 1,200# far enough forward so it is hauling on the front axle instead of the rear. I did not think he was going to make it up into the box, but he finally did. We didn't stick around to see how many times he had to re-weight.

Plan had been to stop at a rest area past Laramie before we knew we'd have to stop in Laramie. Then original plan was to stop in Wamsutter for lunch. The 1st scale/POE being closed didn't add any stops, just changed them for the rest of the day.

When I got to Flying J, I called the drop, then called for permits and finally the bus dispatcher to let him know I was on my way. To early to promise anything, but did ask I call him Thursday morning when I delivery. (not wait until Thurs eve when the new buses are released)

Thought there was a Subway at the Flying J in Rawlins, turned out to be a Denny's. We ate there anyways. I had the chicken philly and BB had chicken something. When we went to leave, we saw an RV pull out in front of a semi. Semi laid on the horn until the RV was fully in the travel lane. Semi hadn't gone more than the length of his truck since his last stop sign so he couldn't have been going very fast, but he did have the right of way.

During the day today we did see our 4th MVTA bus heading to Burnsville. Also saw a couple of RV's in Rawlins and the same two again in Evanston ... and a short bus, and a refer straight truck all in transport.

Our next stop now is Evanston at the Flying J. Just for a restroom stop, and to make reservations for tonight. We end up using points. Motels this trip are running around $100 a night, hopefully they drop down after Labor Day.

From Evanston to Salt Lake is mostly down hill, with a few 50 mph curves. We hit Salt Lake about 6 pm, but traffic is not too bad. It's just always one of those cities that is a challenge. We take the 201 bypass which may help. It gets us off of I-80 for 5-10 miles and only the last mile or so is two lane.

Clocked off at 6:30 local. Tonight is at the Comfort Inn in Tooele. Never the cheapest but easy access.

For supper we walked across the street to Denny's ... again. Tonight I had meatloaf and BB had fish. I only got one of the sides and no bun and I was still full by the time I was half done. Need to start ordering off the kids menu.

When we walked out we noticed an RV that was smashed in on one side. Brand new. I thought I took a picture of it but when I got to the room the picture I took was of the ground.

A while later I walked back over to take another picture of it ... in the dark. But someone was parked next to it. The guy was just getting back to his truck so I asked if he had hit the damaged RV. For a couple of seconds he was defensive until he realized I was joking. We ended up talking for quite a while before we parted ways. When I was walking a way I began to wonder if someone had been in the damaged RV listening to all of our speculation of what might have happened. After looking at it a few times I think someone else hit the damaged RV, not the driver hitting something.

Alarm will go off in eight hours.