Blogs from Draper, Utah, United States, North America

Ok so today I drove across town to get 2 new tyres and found out we needed 3. They were listed as $66 a piece, but with tax wheel balance and disposal cost they worked out to be $106 each. That works out to be about 60% increase on marked price. Since it was Tanja's 50th Birthday today we stopped at Jim's to order breakfast to go. Ten we sat around until 3.30PM for her to get out of bed and also color her hair. Then drove to her favorite Taco restaurant El Farol. I had a Chile Verde Chimichanga. Supposed to be spicy, but barely got any flavor from it. Then came home to go out again to a Boy scout of America pack meeting. It was an outdoors affair with awards and with hotdogs ... read more

1 Jul 2016: Our address for the next two days is the Mountain View RV Park. We got the only remaining space. It pays to make reservations, especially around holidays. It was a very nice park. All the spaces were level and paved although they were narrow. We had a pull through with shade! So excited about the shade. Unfortunately the trees providing the shade also blocked our satellite reception but we were pretty busy and didn'T have time for tv. One feature I've never seen before was in the laundry room. You could enter your space number on the machine and it would text you when your clothes were done. We did most of our laundry at Barbara's apartment in Murray so we could visit while the clothes tumbled and spun. It was a very ... read more