We changed our
route. The trip planning software had us
heading north through NV on US-93. Trish
pointed out that I-84 was a better road with better scenery so we made the
change and spent the night in Provo, UT rather than Wells, NV. We’ll be back on the road this AM,
destination Ketchum, ID.
Yesterday.
We did an overnight
here in ’07 when we had the Chalet A-frame
pop-up trailer; we toured Mesa Verde, Grand Canyon North Rim,
Monument Valley and so on. It’s a nice
park with electric and water hookups, at a reasonable price. Utah Lake, the largest fresh water lake in
the state, is in a broad valley between the Wasatch Mts to the east and the
Cedar Valley Mts to the west.
2007
When we were here in
’07, we noticed terracing way up high on some of the Wasatch
Mountain peaks. I’d never seen anything
like it, hadn’t a clue: why was extensive terracing done way up
there, at about 10,000’ altitude?
Turns out, it was a
Civilian Conservation Corps erosion control project done in the 1930s. Gee, what great fun, hauling all the tools,
supplies, food, water, etc way up there.
And, once you’re there, even more fun: you get to pound rocks with a
sledge hammer for weeks at a time. Oh
boy! Still, given the choice – pound
rocks or starve – I’d be right up there, merrily (?) pounding the hell out of
those rocks.
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