Ok, so we are temporarily trapped in the state of mormons. So far everyone is really nice, we are in Salt Lake City. Unfortunately there isn't coffee within true walking distance the way the heat is.
We are waiting on news for the transmission and that isn't going to happen until Monday. We broke down on 80 and hopefully it is nothing major. We are thinking that the transmission filter is clogged because the driver of the tow truck said it came up onto the bed just fine. We will find out.
So here we sit in the motel room waiting for monday to arrive so that we can find out about the car and what the damage is going to be. Hopefully it'll be nothing major and we can get back on the road. We are under 800 miles out from our destination and that should be easy to do in one day - we are hoping anyway.
Ok, well things have been fairly easy until now. I prefer the uneventful parts of the trip. Laters.

