Richard & Sylvia's RV Adventures

Days 62 - 66 Wednesday, May 2 through Sunday, May 6, 2007

Sylvia returned on Wednesday.  As I mentioned in the last posting I kept myself busy while she was away by pulling some maintenance on the RV and the Honda.  I washed and waxed the RV, Honda and even Lucy with a few naps here and there…  The weather was warm during the day chilly at night. 

Hill AFB has a great Gym which is located right across the street from the RV park.  It appeared to be brand new.  I knew Sylvia would love it when she returned and she did; especially since I had set her up for a massage for the afternoon she arrived back to the RV.   The prices were just too good to be true, about a third less than in Virginia.  We spent a lot of time this week going to the Gym utilizing their great exercise machines and taking advantage of the sauna and steam rooms.  Sylvia even found her a Yoga class to go to!

We did drive down to Orem, Utah to visit our good friend from Germany, Gloria Gorden.  Gloria was our traveling partner on our trip to Moscow and Leningrad while we were all stationed in Germany.  Gloria and Sylvia also worked on a project together to collect clothing in Heidelberg, DCSENG for Rumanians after Romania opened up. Clothing was collected and shipped to Romania via a German Relief Society. 

We had a great lunch while we caught up; we had last seen each other when Gloria visited us in VA several years ago.  Later on we enjoyed dinner with her family Mike, Martine, and Matt (8) at a great Chinese place.  Matt recommended his favorite, Teriyaki Chicken, a good choice Matt!.  Martines’ parents joined us as they were in town from Manassas for Matt’s First Communion, talking about a small world to run into someone for Manassas while in Utah!

After we enjoyed a glass of wine – it was time to say goodbye but not before Sylvia and Gloria discussed a  get together this summer in TN.   

Saturday, we made a trip into Salt Lake City to look around a little.  The weather was really cold, raining and downright ugly, so we really only found the best German Deli in Salt Lake and had a great lunch of Weiss Wursts, potato salad and a good German beer. 

Later on the way out of town we drove by the Mormon Temple and also noted the they had European-like street cars in Salt Lake.

posted by Richard @ 8:57 AM