Today after leaving Boise we headed south and east toward Utah. The land is very dry, with mountains in the distance on both sides. As we approached the Utah border, lots of irrigation pipes were tossing water over an increasingly verdant landscape. There were lots of vines full of grapes, and corn fields with stalks 4 and 5 feet tall.
The Interstate speed is 75 in Utah, and the roads were crisp and clear. We made good time, passing through Salt Lake City. It’s a smallish city, under 200,000 with a small downtown core tucked close to the mountains. It rained quite heavily as we passed through the city, but quickly cleared up as we approached Provo.
We stopped for a quick bite to eat in Provo and check the hotels via free wifi at a dive bar. They only served double hamburgers, so we had a couple burgers, a beer and a diet coke for 16 bucks! Not too bad – plus free wifi! We decided to stay the night in Price, a small mining community nestled among the red cliffs of the Colorado Plateau.
There is a dinosaur museum here, with lots of walking trails. The one that most people know is Nine Mile Canyon, famous for it’s long, continuous Indian pictographs.
Dinner at Groggs was an eyeopener – if you need a BIG, HUGE plate of food, with enough to feed two on EACH plate, then this is the place for you. The waitresses seemed to know everyone who came through the door, and everyone greeted the other regulars. Definitely a place where locals come to enjoy dinner and a brew. It’s associated with Pinnacle breweries.
