Thursday, June 28th Arthur Austin's home in Midvale, Utah 77 degrees already at 8:15 this morning. Blue skies but smoky from fires burning near Saratoga Springs and EagleMountain about 40 miles south of SaltLake. 28,791 starting mileage. Meet with Art at 7:00 on his front porch to have breakfast at the Outpost Cafe, a nearby restaurant he frequents. After a neighbor took a group picture of the three of us, we said our goodbyes and headed to Interstate 215 that circles around Salt Lake City. After a smoky view of downtown SaltLake, we intersected with I-80 again, and headed due east and started our climb into the WasatchMountains. We couldn't help but notice a huge growth in the number of homes built around the ski resort of ParkCity that was the site of the Winter Olympics
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