Day 9-August 7, 2010 "can you hear me now?"

We pulled out of Provo around 10 am. It was 55 degrees and mostly sunny. We were still surrounded by mountains, but they were farther in the distance. It was the first time we went through some big towns. It was beginning to feel like we'd never get out of Utah! We had to take a major highway (15) that reminded us of the Garden State Parkway on a summer weekend but only it had stores along the way. It was also very bumpy. It was stressful because we hadn't seen traffic in over a week. Most of our miles so far there were roads we didn't see other people for miles. We stopped in Brigham City to get some kind of chair to sit in since the picnic tables were getting to my back. It was 91 degrees.
Shortly thereafter we turned on to Route 89. It was a whole new world. We went through the Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Throughout northern Utah the foliage continued to change......there were more pine trees and grass, the mountains were brown with ledges covered with pines, and there were Brooks running throughout. The roads were winding, and we had some steep mountains to climb....and then go down!
About 10 miles from Garden City (our destination) we came down a mountain, and the truck shimmied and clunked. I said to Nick, "Please don't tell me that was us!" and he said, "I think that was us.". He pulled over, couldn't assess any damage, and we very, very slowly wended our way to the campground. He had two assumptions: one, the brakes were hot from the heat and coming down the mountains, or two, we had warped rotors. We register, pull in to our spot, and Nick goes to call the RV rental company. Lo and behold...no cell service!!!!!!!! Verizon works everywhere! We had to go into the office and use the campground's phone. The customer service rep that answered was no help and said he'd call us back. When we didn't hear from him in four hours I knew we had a problem. Nick called back, spoke to a woman who knew what she was talking about, and from Nick's description surmised that the brakes were overheated and not to try them till the next day.
Of course it was the weekend, so needless to say it was a rough night for us anticipating the worst. We have a tight schedule for one.....and two, this was the worst campground we'd been to so far. It was LOUD! It was OVERCROWDED! It was not very clean.
The only highlight was a fireworks display at 10 pm that night.
It was a restless night.......