Welcome to Green River
I have no idea who is represented by these metal silhouettes. My best guess is travelers along the Old Spanish Trail. I don’t remember seeing them back in April when I came this way, but then again, I was heading east, not west like today.
It was all Utah all day; it started way south and ended just 40 miles short of Idaho. I got to test out my new all-weather Vredestein Wintrac Pro+ XL tires. When I left Green River, I exited I-70 and got on US 6/191 that angles northwest towards I-15 and Salt Lake City. Not long later the skies darkened ahead, and the snow started falling about the town of Price. Just in time to start climbing up and over Soldiers Summit. But the snow disappeared as the road dropped down to I-15 near Provo. Very confidence-inspiring when travelling in the passing lanes, which were very slushy compared to the main traffic lane.
I arrived about 2 hours before I could check in to the hotel, so I found a little coffee shop for a latte and a panini in town. Scrolling for things to do, I discovered that the spot where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railways meet, creating a continental rail system, was 25 miles west of town. Off I went to the Golden Spike National Historical Park.
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- Looking East
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- Last Tie Laid in May of 1869
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- Looking West
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- Monument To Their Memory
I finally broke down and bought an ice scraper after using my debit card to clean the windshield off for the past 4 mornings…