We got on the road early again today. The angle of the sun cutting across the
landscape drew out the dramatic rock formations, mountain landscapes and
coloring of changing leaves as we started through the canyons east of Ogden
that Interstate-84 travels in a serpentine fashion. The roads were quiet.
The coach pulled easily through the climb as we continued to advance
through the Rocky Mountains. Utah
is beautiful. Utah is impressive.
Well before lunch we were into Wyoming. The terrain changed dramatically
becoming flat and high desert in muted shades of gray, gold and whites of rock,
grass and minerals. We passed
signs proclaiming the Continental Divide twice. And prone horn antelope-lots of them. Unlike earlier this summer when we saw
three or four, today we saw a hundred.
These creatures blend into their surroundings and one must search
diligently for them to see them much less photograph them. Alas, I have no good, close-up shots
for you.
We stopped for lunch in a place called “Little America”
which is really a glorified truck stop.
A nice break from driving.
A good hamburger. Then we power up the RV and continue on through a town
called Green River where we see some interesting geological formations. There is a huge railroad presence
here that follows the Interstate highway and we see train after train for the
rest of the day.
The day ends at
Rawlins. This is the only RV Park
for miles in either direction. It
is also the only “town” which consists of about a dozen businesses, some hotels
and a restaurant or two in the middle of an otherwise very remote area. They have done a good job with the
park. Some decorative wooden moose
near their sign are cute and a beautiful sunset finished the day. Tomorrow it is on to Colorado!
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