Thursday, September 22 - off to St. George, UT

Today was moving day.  We packed up and checked out by 9:30.  Yesterday maintenance had to spend a little time in the room fixing a leak in our shower that was affecting the downstairs unit.  It wasn't an inconvenience at all, but they gave us a bottle of wine and dark chocolate bar in appreciation.  At checkout she said we owed $11.72 for the "wine we ordered.".  I said, "hmmh, I thought that was a gift, but OK."  She looked a little closer and apologized for the confusion and said she'd take the charge off.  She said something about them not taking the tax off the statement.  The tax rate here is about 9% and I don't think they sent us a $110 bottle of wine, so I'm not sure what she was talking about, but it all got straightened out in the end.  The drive south to St. George (about 300 miles) was uneventful, but again at a speed limit of 80mph, it was nerve wracking.  Utah is a beautiful state.  As my brother said, many parts look just like the old western movies.  They'd have a hard time filming Westerns now with all the cell towers and power lines everywhere.  We were able to check in here at the Worldmark a little bit early and get our stuff unloaded.  We had a beer, then headed out to the local Smith's store for provisions.  During the 5 mile ride, we passed through a huge rain storm where you could hardly see the road.  Fortunately, just as we arrived at the store, it let up and we were able to get in without getting soaked.  On the way home we passed through many streets that were partially flooded.  Tonight was a rotisserie chicken with cole slaw dinner and old movies on TV.