3wbdriver
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We didn't have any luck meeting anyone yet. I did pass fairly close to Kidvermicious but I wasn't about to wake him up. I was a night shift worker for the last 5 years and I know how important sleep is.
First thing this morning was crossing into Utah 15 minutes after I left the motel.
The the trip odometer hit 5,000 miles since I left on the 7th, just as I was hitting north Salt Lake City. I had one minor 20 minute delay there due to construction, but I actually had to speed up to the speed limit going through because everybody else was doing it. This is the first major city I have been through where 99.999% of the drivers actually do the speed limit. I'm used to it being similar to a NASCAR race with everybody jockeying for position and running 10 over the limit.
Then I got out Kidvermicious' directions from this morning and made my way east and south to the San Raphael Swell. This is a HUGE recreational area in the east central part of the state. Well laid out and well maintained dirt roads, and surprisingly every one I drove today was on my GPS. Makes me wonder what to expect when I get to Moab. I overshot the first turn in because it was marked differently, but a friendly guy in Castle Dale directed me back to where I thought it was. Then you go in about 6 miles and top out on this ridge overlooking a lot of territory.
Then you wind down the ridge to the plain below and drive another 6 miles to a crossroads. Right goes to a place called the Wedge. I apparently didn't go far enough because I missed the overlook that was up there, but my odometer said I had driven by it. This is me having come back to the fork for the Wedge. A left turn and 6 miles back to the crossroad so I could head down Buckhorn Draw road.
First thing this morning was crossing into Utah 15 minutes after I left the motel.
The the trip odometer hit 5,000 miles since I left on the 7th, just as I was hitting north Salt Lake City. I had one minor 20 minute delay there due to construction, but I actually had to speed up to the speed limit going through because everybody else was doing it. This is the first major city I have been through where 99.999% of the drivers actually do the speed limit. I'm used to it being similar to a NASCAR race with everybody jockeying for position and running 10 over the limit.
Then I got out Kidvermicious' directions from this morning and made my way east and south to the San Raphael Swell. This is a HUGE recreational area in the east central part of the state. Well laid out and well maintained dirt roads, and surprisingly every one I drove today was on my GPS. Makes me wonder what to expect when I get to Moab. I overshot the first turn in because it was marked differently, but a friendly guy in Castle Dale directed me back to where I thought it was. Then you go in about 6 miles and top out on this ridge overlooking a lot of territory.
Then you wind down the ridge to the plain below and drive another 6 miles to a crossroads. Right goes to a place called the Wedge. I apparently didn't go far enough because I missed the overlook that was up there, but my odometer said I had driven by it. This is me having come back to the fork for the Wedge. A left turn and 6 miles back to the crossroad so I could head down Buckhorn Draw road.
