We left Las Vegas, Nevada and made our way to Salt Lake City (SLC), Utah. We spent 5 nights at the Salt Lake City KOA. This is our go-to “camping” place in SLC. It is close to the Family History Library so Barb can do genealogy research.
The bus/train stop is at the corner and drops off downtown about 2 blocks from the library. If you drive, the library is about 2 miles straight up North Temple Avenue. Parking about a block away is $5/day (or your hubby drops you off and has a day alone!)
While in SLC, we ate at Ruth’s Diner for breakfast one morning. Ruth’s started with an old train dining car. Now the building and patio almost hide the original train car. It was a beautiful morning the day we visited and were able to sit on the patio for breakfast. The day warmed up to 95 F on this day so we enjoyed the mid 70’s temperature.
Ruth’s Diner has amazing breakfast food, especially the biscuits! Barb had “Trevor’s Potato Burrito” and BISCUITS!! John had sausage and eggs with hashbrowns and grapefruit – no biscuit for him (celiac disease and biscuits don’t do well together!) Wish I had thought to take pictures – guess that’s what happens when you just enjoy your meal together.
One disappointment was that Jason’s Deli in SLC has permanently closed!! It is one of our favorite sandwich shops AND they provide gluten-free products with care taken to prevent cross-contamination. We had to make our own sandwiches one day for lunch. So SAD! If we had known this ahead of time, we would have purchased sandwiches in Las Vegas before we started driving to SLC.
distance traveled: 432 miles
gas prices: $3.109/gallon in North Las Vegas, Nevada [Pilot Travel Center]
$3.029/gallon in Salt Lake City, Utah [Flying J Travel Center]
Yikes! Gas over $3??
Yay for the biscuits!! I haven’t ever seen any GF ones. So sad, John.
You had to make your own sandwiches?? I’ll send a sympathy card immediately!
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Haha thanks for the condolences. I paid $3.799 today for gas at the local station. We had to be home this week and my car just couldn’t make it to my cousin’s without it.
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Hi there, I hadn’t yet realised that you’re also into genealogy! Mark hasn’t realised yet but I’m planning a similar “day of freedom” for him later in the year in Edinburgh 😀
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Haha John usually goes with me – he is a great “copy onto the flash drive” person. But he also enjoys a day off too.
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