Today was a rest day waiting for June to arrive tonight 1130pm Salt Lake City time.

The previous two days were very exciting. After looking at the trail ruts at Guernsey
WY, I turned southwest headed for the South Pass. The South Pass was the most
important trail pass in the west. All the early wagon trains headed to Oregon, California Gold fields and the Mormons used it. This pass was the door through the Rocky Mountains. I had
wanted to see it since reading about Jim Bridger in the 5th or 6th grades. Now I have both
seen it and been there. Wow!

This first shot is the Sweetwater River. You can jump it. Was the last
river the wagon trains saw flowing east. The next water they saw was
flowing westward.

The next photos weere taken in and around the Pass. It looked more like a wide valley instead of a narrow pass that we are all use to. It was wide open from tall mountains to the north and steep bluffs to the south.



















This last photo is towards the western end of the pass. It is the exact
spot of the continental divide.





At the first and second photos, when I got out of the car, I could hear nothing but nothing, no cars, no planes, to trucks-nothing. That is a rare spot in the US of A.

Also in the area were two almost goast towns: Atlantic City and South Pass City. These two photos show South Pass City-pop 163 or about.



Trying to travel down that 2 tire trail, I knocked the splash cover off the bottom of the car and
had to go in to the Toyota dealer to get it fixed the next morning.

Then yesterday I headed in to Salt Lake City. Along the way, I took the old road and took these two photos of how the road had been cut into the side of the mountain. In the left photo, the rock is
hanging out over the road.









After getting back on I-80, I had lunch in Kendell (named for former leader of LDS). Not long after that, I got to the top of the Wasatch Mountains. Then at that pass, it was 10 miles down hill. A 10 mile downhill about like Black Mountain. Wish I had a photo of that, but couldn't drive and take photos at 65 downhill with all the traffic.

If June makes her connection in Minneapolis, it is off to Ashton Id tomorrow.