Another uneventful day mechanically...the trailer's really pulling nice..even the couple times I got it up to 75mph (I normally keep it between 60-65 mph while pulling the trailer). Speaking of speed, would you believe that Utah is testing areas of the state where drivers can legally run 80mph? Well, believe it! Here's a picture I took today on I-15 south of Nephi UT. Once I saw the speed limit sign, I thought everybody would be flying down the road past us, but, amazingly, most of them were traveling around 70-75mph.
Our morning didn't start out on the freeway. Before we hit the road today, we ran into town in Beaver UT and visited the "Dairy Farmers of America" Cheese Outlet. It was kinda like walking through Costco, only all of their samples were in the same place. It didn't take us long to decide on our favorites..mine, Jalapeno Cheddar and Linda's was Gouda. We each bought a package of cheese and it was back on the road.
An interesting bit of trivia about Beaver UT...it's the hometown of Butch Cassidy....of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. We thought this was interesting because our friends Jerry WY6JB and his wife Pat are from Sundance WY...named after the "Sundance Kid"..and we'll be in Sundance WY visiting Jerry and Pat next week. Also of fame from Beaver UT was Philo T. Farnsworth who was the inventor of several electronic devices including the CRT or Cathode Ray Tube which came with his invention of the television in the '50's.
We ran I-15 to Salt Lake City, then hung a right and took I-80 into Wyoming and stopped at Little America WY for the night. Tomorrow's travels will take us off the interstate. We'll cut north from Rawlins WY on the Oregon Trail and enjoy the scenic bearty of Wyomings back country. Our travels tomorrow will end in Casper WY. We should be in Casper fairly early and will have time to fire up the grill and enjoy a relaxing evening.
Until next time..73, and happy trails....
