Our legs were so sore when we got up, we could barely move. Driving 8 hours was going to be interesting!
We decided to drive the scenic route to Salt Lake City that would take us past Monument Valley and Moab.
The views all along the drive were incredible. Red dirt and crazy rock formations. We also got a brilliant alternate view of the Grand Canyon as were we driving out of the area. When we got out of the car to take a look at the view, we were in the middle of nowhere and at 7.30am, there were no other cars. We took these snaps and I heard a series of 'meows'. And as were were walking back to the car, a cat started running towards us. OK - so America hasn't eradicated rabies, so we were pretty quick to jump in the car and close the doors, but the cat didn't give up! It stayed by the car door and kept meowing. It then went underneath the car - meaning we couldn't start driving or we'd risk killing the cat. So, we had to throw raisins out of the window as far as we could to tempt the car from under the car. It worked. And we were able to speed off. Poor cat.
Monument Valley is a great drive-by attraction!
Mexican Hat Rock
We arrived in Salt Lake City in a dark fog and found a great retro city centre motel - Shilo Inn. We walked to a cool Italian restaurant with kitschy stuff all over the walls including a pope in a box!
On the walk back we discovered that by pedestrian crossing there are red high vis flags that pedestrians take with them to cross the road and the deposit on the other side. Apparantly, this is because the streets are very wide and sometimes fog can restrict view of walkers.
We slept very soundly and sorely.
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