The drive was very uneventful - not terribly much traffic until we got on I15 about 50 miles south of Salt Lake. The sky was partially over cast so no sun issues. The scenery was extraordinary. The different types of mountains and hills. How could such differences be so close together? There certainly aren't many trees in this part of Utah; so it isn't like Oregon or Colorado.
Salt Lake isn't the worst city to get around in. We understood that the University of Utah was on the side of a mountain. We didn't know that it comingled with all huge medical community and an Army reserve base. So much in such a small area.
We accidentally found the student dining hall on campus, called Hannah and she came and found us. We walked to her dorm room, looked around and then went to one of her favorite Mexican restaurants - The Red Iguana. We had to wait for a table, outside, for about 15 minutes. It was clear, in the low 50s and breezy. The food really was very good.
We then drove to our motel, checked in, brought the bags in and talked over Thanksgiving plans. We looked for places that served Thanksgiving dinner and would you believe that they wanted us to make reservations. Klamath Falls people don't understand reservations! The first place we called told us they were already "at capacity". Can you imagine? It was a full 24 hours in advance. What more could you ask for? :) We finally got reservations at a nice Italian restaurant - for traditional Thanksgiving dinner. The only openings they had were 11am or 7pm. We will have an early dinner.
We then went back to the campus and parked the car at her dorm house. We then walked some of the campus. It is a huge campus and getting there from the dorm is all down hill. Hannah walks very fast. We saw where her classes are, and President's circle. Then went into the Bookstore. We bought a couple of souvenirs. When we came out the wind was blowing hard and it was beginning to rain. We walked UP to the student union to get a bite to eat but everything was closed. We caught a campus shuttle that took us to the student dining hall and we walked to our car - about 2 blocks. It was now blowing a rain/snow mix. Drove to a really good pizza place and ate. When we got to the car there was about 2 inches of snow on the car and it was snowing hard and blowing. We made it back to Hannah's dorm although there were a couple of times we slid. There were at least 3 inches of snow.
Our room was about 20 minutes away. We drove very slowly because it was slick and visibility was very poor. We had to drive down the hill first and it was a challenge. It was amazing though that by the time we got into town it wasn't snowing nearly as hard. It was still difficult to see the lanes in the road. It took us 40 minutes to get to our room.
Winding down.
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Utah scenery