Wyoming and Utah

So I am sitting at the Salt Lake City KOA campground (yes, there is a "campground" in the city) on my laptop computer and feeling like it defeats the purpose of camping. However, it was well worth the $15 per person, as it not only has free wireless and electrical hookups, but it has a hot tub, pool, a restaurant called Nana's (and yes, there was an actual "Nana" who was nice as could be serving us delicious food), and free shuttles to downtown Salt Lake (the lady at registration said that the "payment" was a half hour tour - I can take some guesses, but we will see for sure what that means tomorrow).
Now every time we stop I marvel at the fact that we are nearly completely acrosss the country, and that this is no longer a dream or something I have been talking about for months, but it is actually happening. I feel like I might wake up tomorrow in my bed in Chevy Chase and will still be anticipating it. I know it will go by quickly so I am trying to savor the moments. By the way, since MD, the car has gone about 3,000 miles - unfathomable for me, and we still have a ways to go. I think by the time we get back, the car would have as many miles as some drive in a whole year!
However, I think the (many, endless) "moments" in Wyoming I could have done without. We left the campground to see Mount Rushmore, finally, and can finally check that off my list of "to do's". I am not sure I would go back to South Dakota, except maybe to the Black Hills area we were just in. Then we drove endlessly through the state two-lane highways until we got to Wyoming. At that point we drove through more endless highways, only this time there was nothing surrounding us but flat nothingness for as far as you could see. The only slight redeeming quality was the few mountains and rock formations on the side of the roads, as well as the fact that you could see rainstorms for miles before you actually entered them. Otherwise we could have easily skipped the state. The only reason I would go back there is for Yellowstone National Park, a place out of our way for this trip.
Utah is completely different, with mountains and bright red rock formations on either side, with curving, winding roads that lead into Salt Lake. The views are amazing. I am looking forward to seeing more when we head to Reno tomorrow.