Cache Valley 2003

Cache Valley, Utah July 2003

 

We loaded up the car and drove to Utah to attend the Farm Folk Fest, visit Stacey's family and attend a reunion with my family. We had about 10 days for our entire trip. The drive from norther California to Utah is one of endurance. The desert of Nevada and the Salt Flats of western Utah are almost mind numbing in their continous tedium and void.

You should never drive less than 90 miles an hour, except when you approach within 10-15 miles of towns. (I got a ticket in Elko last Thanksgiving when I forgot to slow down). One thing we have started to do to alter the monontiny is taking a different route to reach Northern Utah. 45 east of Wells, is a small town of Oasis Neveda. Route 233 heads north east which turns into 30 and skirts the western borders of Great Salt Lake before connecting to 42 and I-15 near Tremonton. I don't think the road saves you any time but its a break in the scenery. You definetely won't see any other cars and the road stretches on forever and forever.

At this point the scenery is almost serene with the huge cumulonimbus clouds

We once again entered beautiful Cache Valley where we spent the next week hiking in the mountains surounding Logan Canyon and of course the Family Reunion.