Unlike previous maps, this map does not exactly show the route that we took during our trip.
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This is because we're not entirely sure where we went. When we hit point B (Neola, UT) our map seemed to think that we would be able to go straight and continue on that road. We were confronted with a T intersection and picked the right, whereupon we got lost in the middle of the Indian Reservation, where apparently people are not inclined to include street signs or other important markers that might let us have some idea as to where we were going.
Eventually, we got lost again, ended up in Roosevelt, and made a much more reasonable journey from there. (It's sort of a straight shot down Rt. 40 to I-80.)
Driving into SLC on I-80 is pretty fun. It goes zoooooom up and then zooooom down. All the cars know what they are doing and don't want to go careening off the highway, so they're all perfectly reasonable and polite.
We were on our way to Clay and Lisa's new house. It was only a few blocks from the highway, but I got lost again and was required to call Clay. (This usually doesn't happen to me! I have my Google map directions; I don't understand why it's been happening at almost every new city we've arrived in.)
We found it eventually because you can't fail to find things in Salt Lake City due to the SLC grid system. It's amazing, while incredibly confusing to outsiders since it simply sounds like a list of numbers and cardinal directions. We marveled at the house (which has been extensively remodeled) and hung out with Clay's parents and uncle. We ate pizza and chatted and then once the adults left we took some showers and went to sleep on the side room futon.
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