Salt Lake City, UT

We kept heading south with our most southern goal being Burning Man in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. We made a two day pit stop in Salt Lake City UT where there was a plethora of health food stores, Home Depots, and Army surplus stores where we could stock up on supplies for Burning Man. Needless to say, we were very busy for two days getting our errands done.

The highlights of UT:
A basket of the BEST peaches ever (bought from a roadside fruit stand).
No bears running through our camp.
Filling up on really great grease.
Getting most of our Burning Man supplies in one VERY productive day.

The not so highlights of UT:
Campground right next to the railroad tracks (although this is a trend that has continued).
Locking our keys in the car (with the car running) in the parking lot of Home Depot (the least productive part of our very productive day).
Trying to go swimming (UT was having a serious drought so the water was slimy and muddy at best).

All in all we left UT happy, with almost everything crossed off our list. We spent one more night off the playa in a tiny casino town called Winnemucca in NV where we were able to do some much needed work on the truck. The truck had been chugging to terribly while running on grease that we had almost completely given up on it. Josh talked to Ethan at Greasecar and the two of them decided that Josh should switch around the pump hoses, while doing this, Josh found a pine needle in one of the hoses. It may sound like a small thing but we think that the one pine needle could have been the root of the problem.

With a happy truck, a full refrigerator and pantry, and much excitement we headed out to the desert!