Sagebrush and pronghorns; Judy calling out the herds. Crows and ravens. Snowfence stacked in layers to the south. A thousand miles of snowfence for a hundred miles of road. A red-tailed hawk.
It’s fairly flat. The Continental Divide is at 7,000 feet. We cross it twice. Between the two high points is a huge plateau with no drainage east or west; recent rains leaving water on any low-lying land.
The speed limit is 80. We maintain our 68. A dog in my lap. Blue sky crisscrossed by vapor trails. A few cattle. Long slow-moving freights. A lone dead cow bloating in the morning sun.
Point of Rocks, and down to Rock Springs. Past the turn to Flaming Gorge we’ve never taken in all these years on the road. A magpie flaps slowly across the road.
Little America, Fort Bridger, and Evanston. A rest stop in Utah for lunch. Sheep country. Echo Reservoir. Downhills. Salt Lake City. Our first traffic light in 500 miles.
We’re at the Salt Lake City KOA. 2015 summer trip map
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