We awoke to nice showers in the bathhouse and breakfast using the food from the Walmart run. We had long planned to see the organ recital at the Mormon Tabernacle. Tom sent Scott the YouTube video beforehand, but he did not watch it. The night before Tom found the Land Cruiser Heritage Museum and we agreed it would be a cool place to go, though we both confused it with Land Rover, a British car brand, rather than a division of Toyota.
Our plan was to see the museum, eat lunch somewhere, then see the recital, perhaps see some Mormon museum stuff, then head on to Wells, NV for our next campground. As we arrived at the Land Cruiser museum, Tom realized he had left his phone behind in Khan, so Scott was responsible for taking all the pictures and Tom was off the grid for a few hours.
The museum was very well done but seemed awful pricey at $18/each. As we were leaving we were informed that we did not get the senior rate of $12 because “we both looked too young to be seniors.” Tom commented that the compliment was worth more than the potential savings. We learned quite a bit about Land Cruisers from the end of WWII through the present day.
We then went to the Garage on Beck on the advice of the docent that said we looked young. We both had the meatloaf and shouted over the hum of the nearby refinery as we ate outdoors. We then drove to the tabernacle, and were a few minutes late and missed whatever instructions the audience was given, but the organ was magnificent and the organist was quite talented – the acoustics are perfect, and the range of sounds is incredible. Scott embarrassed Tom by asking questions he would have learned if he had watched the recommended video. But we learned she is given 2 hours of rehearsal on the organ for every recital she gives, and she learned on her two-keyboard church organ.
The museum was nice and clean, and there were many cheerful Mormon docents. Scott was a bit turned-off by the section explaining that Joseph Smith heard from God that men should have multiple wives, so that is what all good Mormons (did) strive for. Seemed like a cult to Scott.
We then crossed the Salt Flats to Nevada which seems to take forever and looks other worldly. Half of the drive is getting to the Salt Flats – they are not as close to Salt Lake City as you might think. We were treated to a rare sight of rain showers on the Western edge.
We debated after arriving at Mountain Shadows RV Park weather to cook our Walmart chicken or eat at the highest rated Mexican restaurant in Wells. We discovered that Taqueria el Compa was not a 4.9 rated restaurant, but a 4.9 rated food truck. The food was good.
Scott then deployed the new Starlink Mini, which turns out to be just as fast, for the most part, as the larger V2 Starlink we used on previous trips, but lighter and cheaper. So blog writing, then bed.