Trip Day 2

Went to bed about the same time as normal last night.

Woke up this morning about the same time as well but still tired.

As much as anything its the adrenaline from the push to get underway is fading. 

I can also tell that my body is not happy because I didn’t drink enough water yesterday. Have to do better today. The local time is 7:30am  My body says it’s 6:30.

I’m in a part of the country that I’ve never been in I’m enjoying it. This is the first time in several years that I’ve been able to feed my wanderlust. The people I’ve met thus far are very nice.  Looking forward to the day and hopefully some more photos.

The day didn’t go quite as planned. One of the roads through that would connect me to Bryce canyon was closed by fire. They were very nice about letting folks know instead of allowing us to drive the 40 miles to the closure. 

We also thought about doing Zion but two things held us back. 1) was the $25 entrance fee. 2) was that we didn’t want to have to ride the trams to the sites with all the unwashed masses on the 4th of July.

If I’m going to go someplace like that, I want to do it in the Autumn so at least the I can drive and take my leisure at any of the monuments.

Back to the freeway where the ambient speed was 75 to 90 miles per hour… My Car LOVED IT!

All was not lost because there was this very cool Fort. The place is called Fort Cove. It was built at the direction the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City. The Fort was a way-station and prior to it’s being built folks had to “rough it” under the open sky.

The LDS folks had lovingly and expertly restored the buildings and out buildings to as close to original specifications as possible. Few photographs existed of the rooms inside the fort so the furnishings were approximations, not originals as you’d find at Shaker Village in Kentucky.

The grounds were beautifully kept and everyone is given a personal tour by a member or members of the LDS church. Don’t let that put you off. regardless of what you thing of the LDS church here apparently is an example of the church actually practicing what they preach. Everyone was equal and welcome. People passing through had a safe place to stay, a good hot meal and companionship.

The fort also served another purpose. It was a telegraph office, a relay point for the pony express, a post office, and stage coach stop. Each of these functions were vitally important at the time.

Here are some of the photos.

After we left the fort we drove a while then encountered the first of many scenic viewpoints. 

I have to say Utah did this very well.

They have these exits right off the freeway. You’ve got plenty of warning that you’re coming up on one, and you can zip off into a parking lot that’s built for cars and Trucks & RVs.

Then when you’re ready to leave they’ve got this nice long acceleration lane coming out of the viewpoint, so you can get back up to 80 before you enter the freeway.

Something else I haven’t seen and haven’t missed is carpool lanes, or those moronic traffic control lights, you see on the freeways. These people want you to have your ass MOVING before you get on the freeway so THEY don’t make you stop at a light at the end of the  freeway entrance ramp.

I got some interesting shots at a couple of these places I may be posing more of them later.

Hope everyones 4th was a great one.