8:30 am. We’ve stopped for breakfast. This route has been beautiful; many ranches with large parcels of land. Route 40 is definitely the way to see Colorado in all of its glory.
Coming out of the Colorado mountains was as spectacular as when we came, but the valleys were longer and it was easy to maintain 65 mph on US 40 most of the way. Entering Utah was just as beautiful with a different landscape. There were still mountains, some without vegetation, and some with many trees.
We had to stop here because Utah has a very interesting sign. I never knew that in this area were found the remains of dinosaurs. We past by the Dinosaur National Park in Colorado, because we knew we had a long drive. If I ever come back through here again, I will visit the many museums that were everywhere.
Some more Utah landscape. Coming into Salt Lake City was some high climbs over mountains. After passing the Great Salt Lake, there was nothing but salt for 80 miles until we hit the Nevada state line. It's called the Salt Desert. Evidently, Salt Lake was once much larger. Events that made it smaller left vast deposits of salt behind.
I really learned many new things today, because I took this trip. I knew nothing about the dinosaurs. Northern Utah doesn't have all of those chimney mountains. There are salt deserts. And, Nevada is not flat and boring. It is one mountain after another mountain of beautiful driving. In fact, there was nothing boring on this trip. Although we were 13 hours on the road, every turn offered another beautiful scene I had not seen before.
We are just shy of Reno for the night. Tomorrow should be a 6 hour drive to San Francisco.
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