North western Utah

Our trip to Utah started with a simple observation.  Rebecca said, "If we go to Salt Lake City, we get a Utah sticker."  So instead of looping back on US-50 through Nevada we went to the Great Salt Lake.

The first 50 miles of Norther Utah consist of driving across the salt flats that are the remnants of ancient Lake Bonneville

Crossing into Utah at Wendover

Bonneville Salt Flats

I-80 then crosses some mountains before descending to the Great Salt Lake

Crossing mountains to get to Salt Lake

We had traversed the basin and range province from the edge of the Sierra Nevada in Reno and were now camped at the foot of the Wasatch Range in Willard.

Wasatch Range seen from our campsite in Willard

We spent a morning in Ogden, walking along the Ogden River Parkway

Ogden River Parkway

We spent an afternoon driving the Ogden Scenic Byway

Monte Cristo Scenic Overlook

We spent a day in Salt Lake City

Utah state capital building in Salt Lake City

We saw where the railroads met at Promontory Summit

Promontory Summit

We went for a beautiful drive around the Bear River Bird Sanctuary

Our trip to Utah ended with another simple observation.  Rebecca said, "We are really close to Idaho, why don't we go and get an Idaho sticker." So we packed up and headed to Bear Lake.

Crossing the mountains on US-89 to Bear Lake

Bear Lake

Leaving Utah