So woke up nice and early....got a coffee...spread the map out....hmmm Utah is close.......

That's it gonna make a run for Salt Lake City....

So hit I84. Need to make some time.....must say didn't expect to see much but dang sure did. The nice thing about my plan here is there is no plan....flight of the bumble bee. So I'm screaming down the interstate when outta the corner of me eye I see a wild looking gorge....so I pull into the park to take a look. Awesome. It even had a pedestrian bridge you could walk across and catch a cool view. Seems bandits used to use if for a hide out when they robbed the wagon trains etc etc.... and the park was full of bunny rabbits....the cute kind. The ones that are not too big and cute. Not like the big ole jack rabbits running around our neighborhood..

Also nice thing about interstates not much thought required so can think a lot......moved the marble around me head for a bit....nope didn't solve the worlds problems though.

So Its getting hotter and hotter and the winds are picking up.....not many curves or twisties....but I was putting on miles.   Pretty uneventful ride...cept it was getting hotter and hotter the closer I got to to Salt lake city I was sweating me b..... uhh sweating a lot.   So I pulled into a Taco Bell.....need to check the map and cool down...it was the first place II saw on the north side of Salt Lake City. They got a really good Limeade drink....so found a tree outside...had a plush lawn and a nice breeze blowing...so plunked down under the tree and grabbed the map. Its still pretty early so figured might as well keep going cause to be frank.....nothing jumped out at me in the big city. Found a dot called Salina.....seemed like a good spot to start cruising thru Utah. Hmmmmm Monument valley might be possible at this rate.......

So took a few more useless pills.....rotated me neck a bit...stretched out the back....(she's pretty stiff and cramping up on the one side not sure why.......has to be the helmet....carrying the weight on the head must do crap to ya.

So weird I've always worn a helmet and some form of gear....slid a bit and know what road rash feels like....and had me head bouncing off a curb for a bit with a helmet on...some would say that explains a lot ha ha....So I appreciate em a bit. But man out here I feel like a loner....not many folks with em most bikers are wearing tank tops and jeans. I shall not give in to temptation.....Must wear the gear. Even though you sweat in places that you don't normally.....its tickling 40 C but....its a dry heat....hahahahahahahah

So hit the road.....a couple more hours and I is in Salina....wow its so big.....like most citys/towns down here. Everybody knows everybody.....has a main street and a couple of hotels and that's it....and Super 8 has a room for me. so unpack go to the gas station to grab some beer.....they got premixed clam juice and beer.....pint size....they are pretty good.

So time to try to figure out how to stretch out the cloths now.....looks like some bathroom sink and the hotel soap bar might be needed....I noticed buzzards circling me when I stopped for more than a few minutes.... people aren't running from me yet.....

Hmm where to next.......