We’re in Utah. No more Wyoming for the entire trip. And no more Idaho. We crossed from Wyoming into Idaho for all of seven miles before crossing back into Wyoming. Eastern Idaho is indistinguishable from western Wyoming. That’s all I have to say about Idaho. For that matter southern Wyoming is indistinguishable from northern Utah.

The weather looks like rain and we have a couple miles to go before settling down for the night, so this will be brief. We spent last night a few miles south of Manila, UT and just to the west of Flaming Gorge. It was beautiful, but this morning consisted of climbing up and up, for miles and miles. When we weren’t climbing 8% grades, the wind was in our face. It was a grueling day, but now we’ve had cheeseburgers in Vernal, UT, so everything is looking up.

Here are some pictures from the past two days:

Our campground on the high desert (thank you BLM public land access)

On the way to Utah (maybe in Wyoming, maybe Utah, who can tell)

The lovely Flaming Gorge (it was lovely, but a long climb)

The descent into Vernal, UT (9 miles downhill at an 8% grade, wonderful)

Now it’s off to the grocery store to buy more chili in a can and then we’ll head east. Tomorrow we’ll cross into Colorado and visit the scenic town of Dinosaur.

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