We had a nervous beginning at the auto repair shop in Cheyenne this morning--but the problem turned out to be a cracked spark plug, quickly fixed, in and out in 50 minutes, on an 11 degree sunny morning without a cloud in the sky. We flew across the wonderful, weird, vastly empty Wyoming plateau and arrived for the evening at Ogden Utah, another beauty, nestled in snowy mountains overlooking the Great Salt Lake. Still can't believe our weather luck--except for a few minutes here and there where black ice and leftover snow reminded us how treacherous it could be out here. We may have tomorrow before a "whopper of a storm" (TWC) heads into the northwest, so we'll miss the Huskies playing in the Humanitarian Bowl in Boise Saturday, push on, and hope precipitation is only rain along the Columbia River.
Travel in the winter is tricky--
If the weather is good, you want to move out,
So you miss all the cool spots going by
(like the Wyoming Territorial Prison "Historical Place,"
Or the Fossil Butte National Monument,
Green River Flaming George)
But if the weather is usual and road-closing bad,
Then you're stuck
In Carbon County,
At the Sinclair Oil Refinery
Sucking fumes.
Thanks for following our christmas travels!
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| windy wyoming |
 open road to winter |
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| Wyoming Dog Park |
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| Bob's 50 cent ice cream |
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| Western wild life |
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| natural cathedral |
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| It gets pretty awesome out here |
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| upscale digs in Ogden |
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