Worse yet it was saying freezing temps for Yellowstone and low of 20 for West Yellowstone. They had also closed Fishing Bridge, the all RV campground taking 300 campsites off line. The handwriting was on the wall!
We headed south to I-80 and lower passes. While coming into Rawlins, we encountered thick snow. The temperature fell to 34 so it didn't stick too long but for about 30 miles the wipers were earning their keep! The road got a little lower and the snow went back to rain then cleared up. We stayed in Fort Bridger after 440 miles. The campground guy said to leave the water trickling if we were connecting the hose, so we only plugged in the electric.
Sure enough it was 27 the next morning. I got to prove that my wet bay heater and water tank heater were both working. The heater cycled even though we had a 1500 watt electric heater running too!
We decided to stop in SLC at RF Mogul who makes a controller for the satellite dish on our roof. We suspected it worked OK, but the old MotoSat controller could not be updated to find the current DirecTV satellites. They were kind enough to help us install the controller and prove that it worked. They also let us boondock in their parking lot!
The next morning we got our earliest start and put in another 400 mile day to Las Vegas. The last half was in significant wind and we ended up in a traffic jam. The park was nice though and the dish went up in the breeze without trouble even though it was so windy we had to keep half the windows closed!
Friday was more of the same...another 400 miles but the wind was not an issue, just traffic on 99. The route gave us our 12th state (AZ): there's a 32 mile stretch on I-15 between Las Vegas and Barstow that takes you into Arizona.
We were Home Sweet Home by 5pm!
6600 miles on the RV and 1400 miles on the tow car in 58 days
Glad the first trip was a very successful one. Many more to come. See you when we get home.
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