Day 27, 2015-05-17
Not much to say about today.
We left Moab, UT and headed up US 191 to I-70, then west to I-15 and
north on US 189 through Provo, UT. That
road happens to be University Avenue and we got a good look at the area around
Brigham Young University. What was weird,
though, was that everything except convenience stores was closed on this Sunday
afternoon – entire shopping centers without any cars. Very different than the environment we are
used to. Our resting place for the night
is Deer Creek State Park just north of Provo.
I thought you might enjoy our view.
This is the closest we have been to snow so far. I bet that will change.
Day 28, 2015-05-18
We made the short from trip up US 191 from Deer Creek SP to
Heber City UT where we picked up US 189 to I-80 and I-15 through Salt Lake City
and then out to Antelope Island SP north of SLC.
We stopped at Temple Square in downtown SLC and walked
around the grounds for a few minutes after I did an exceptional job of parallel
parking the truck and trailer on a busy downtown street. Kudos to me.
The Temple is closed to the public, but it is a sight to see, even if
just from the outside.
We finished up today’s drive around noon at Antelope Island
SP. This place is accessible only by a 5
mile long causeway that takes you to the park, which is a large island in the
middle of the Great Salt Lake. Where
Bettie comes up with these places, I’ll never know, but she picked a real
winner this time. The GSL is like no
body of water either of us has ever seen.
It is a funky pale green, almost like sandy saltwater at the beach. There are wide flats that look like tidal
flats, but there is no tide here. Oh,
and it’s surrounded by snowcapped mountains.
It is home to bison,
pronghorn, bighorn sheep, and mule deer, in addition to lots of fowl life. We saw white pelicans and great horned owls,
complete with fledglings.
Oh yeah, the
weather was nasty this afternoon and we got caught in a hail storm (maybe dime
or nickel sized).
All in all, this is a very picturesque place to visit and we
could have used another day here to explore a bit more. 132 (4,130)
Day 29, 2015-05-19
Long driving day today, 368 (4,498). Final destination, Oregon Trail Campground,
Twin Falls, ID. But as always, it’s just
as much about the trip as the destination.
So, we took the long route in order to see the salt flats. Both of us wanted to compare them to the Uyuni
Salt Desert in Bolivia. Fat chance. After travelling in 4 days of mostly non-stop
rain, we were not surprised to see the salt flats under a few inches of water. So, we saw little of the salt and MUCH of the
flat. In fact, everything was so flat,
including the light, you really could not tell where standing water ended and
sky began.
We stopped at the Bonneville Salt Flats International
Speedway and were disappointed that it was inundated. They let anyone drive on it, and we had
planned to set the land speed record for a diesel F250 pulling a Keystone 195RB
travel trailer. We were almost sure we
could get the record since it is a pretty narrow class. But alas, we were rained out and will have to
try again another day. The background of the picture of the sign (look closely
for the bullet holes) tells the story.
So, without our speed record, we were back on I-80, then US
93 to US 74 into Twin Falls. The Snake
River runs through TF and is home to the 212 foot high Shoshone Falls, higher
than Niagara Falls, but not nearly as massive.
Still, pretty impressive.
Can you believe they let these two degenerates into the park
to see the falls?
Dinner found us at TJ’s ale house. Bettie tried the Grand Teton Brewing 208, but
it was not to her liking. Corona won the
day for her. I tried a couple of
options and settled on the Sawtooth Brewery (Ketchum, ID) False Summit Amber
Ale. Lighter than most, but very
flavorful. I’ll drink it again if the
chance presents itself. Can’t say the
same for the Postmodern Brewing Hard Root Beer – tasted like cough syrup.
This is a picture of the bar. The ornate woodwork is not wood at all, but
is hand tooled leather.
Day 30, 2015-05-20
Thirty days on the road and we are stuck in Twin
Falls, ID. The truck is at the Ford
dealer getting a bad DEF sensor replaced.
The good news is it failed here rather than someplace in nowhere
Canada. If this gets done by 3:00 as
promised, it will just put a minor glitch in our plans. So, no pics today – didn’t think anyone would
be interested in seeing Middlekauff Ford.
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