December 7, 2022
- Lucian@going2paris.net
- Dec 7, 2022
- 1 min read
Vernal, Utah
December 7, 2022
Time to saddle up and move westward.
There's a Wells Fargo here so I stopped by this morning to get some change -- $5s, $1s and quarters.
Why is it so hard to get a close shave in the soft areas of my neck?
Gray day -- they usually affect my mood. Still trying to figure out whether it is today.
L.L. Bean flannel-lined khakis. This is probably Day 25 (straight) of me wearing these pants (I have washed them). These are the best pants in the world for cold weather. Love 'em.
Today I think I am headed Spanish Fork, Utah -- south of Provo. Tomorrow maybe Great Basin National Park. I've seen the Great Salt Lake, don't much care for all the traffic between Provo and SLC so I'm passing on the Promotory Summit where the First Transcontinental railway came together. Can't see everything.
We went to the Golden Spike National Historic Park during the summer of 2022. I enjoyed the visit but wish I had timed the visit for one of the days they are conducting a reenactment. We did get to see the two steam locomotives (reproductions of the originals) come out and meet each other at the point where the golden spike was driving. The artifacts and exhibits in the visitor center were worth viewing and did a good job of telling the story. Some of the railroad roadbeds leading to the site of the Golden Spike (in the national park) can be driven on. We took the time to drive one of the roads constructed on the 1860's railroa…