Another perfect day, wonderful weather and great views. John had lived in Richfield a long time ago has a friend that runs the FBO at the airport so first thing this morning John when out to visit his friend, then we fueled up and hit the slab. There are 3 terms motorcycle riders use that might need explaining, Slab refers to the 4 lane or more interstates roads, some time necessary but boring, so if we are slabbing it we are riding on the interstate. Term two would be cage or cages, that refers to cars and the people driving the cages are cagers. The third term is road gators or hyway gators, this refers to the large chunks of rubber that come off of truck tires, So this morning we jumped on I 70 and slabbed it about 15 miles to the 89, then 89 to 28 north to Nephi where we ate a late breakfast. Going up 89 and 28 we went through lots of small farming communities, kind of a small town USA tour. After breakfast we were back on the slab again up to Spanish Fork where we stopped to see John's sister and brother-in-law. Cleve the brother-in-law has a 1970 El Camino that has been rebuilt for car shows and it is as near perfect as any car I have seen. Leaving Spanish Fork we had about 6 or 8 miles on the slab then we headed up Provo Canyon to Heber City and past Park City picking up I 80 north. I 80 north is technically a slab but doesn't seem like it when you are riding it. Lot of curves early on marked at 45mph and green grass every where and lots of water along the road. We got off of I 80 in Evanston Wyoming and grabbed a quick lunch the headed north again on 89. 89 crosses in to Utah about 15 mile from Evanston just after we crossed the Bear River. All the rivers are running very full and the low pasture land along the rivers are flooded so in places even the small rivers can have water going out 1/2 a mile to the sides. The area had been grass lands with some sage brush around Evanston and as we get into Utah it opens up more to the west as irrigated grass lands and lots and lots of cattle and some horses. Where the foothills come close to the high way we saw Antelope, this started just after we crossed back into Utah and the first couple of herds had 30 or more in each group then another smaller one of 20 or so then just a few here and there. The first two large herds were with in 150 feet of the road so we got a good look at them. Going north the road crosses back into Wyoming, then into Idaho and back into Wyoming and for about a 100 miles it is one big green valley going from 10 or 12 miles wide to 30 or 40 in place Lots of green, lots of cows, some sheep and horses. WOW. The last 80 miles into Jackson we are into the mountains and the valley gets much narrower but still very green. The weather here in Jackson Wyoming tonight is perfect, we walked over to dinner and back about 65 degrees. Tomorrow we head up to Teton and Yellowston National Parks. If traffic isn't too bad we should be in Great Falls Montana tomorrow night, if the traffic in Yellowston is slow then we might only make Helena Montana. By the time tomorrow is over we might me getting a litte rain on our parade if the forecast holds true. To be expected in this country this time of year. Today we covered about 430 miles, had lots of smiles and my GPS registered a max speed of 105. John's fault, he passed a couple of cars and there wasn't room for me to pass them and when the road opened up again so I could pass those two, he passed two more so I had to pass 4 cars. The bike is running great, Oh what fun.
Traveler (aka Cactus Don and the white donkey)
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