New State and New Time Zone

Utah is a much prettier state than Nevada.

However, the difference is not seen at the moment that you cross the border.  The first 90 miles of US-50 in Utah are little different from Nevada.  The 'Loneliest Road in America' descriptor still applies.

Then, things got a lot better.

We are now in Red Rock country.  The views amaze one mile after the next.

There were two sightings of bicyclists today.  Like yesterday, one was a solo rider, and female at that.

The other sighting was of a fairly large group - about 8, we think.  The big difference was that they had support vehicles with cautionary signs displayed on them.  Seems to us like a much safer way to see the road from your bicycle.

There were also two delays today.  The more interesting one was when we had to pull to the side of the road to let a wide load go by.  And we mean a REALLY wide load.  And there were two of them, along with several pilot cars.

There are some segments of US-50 that are common with other highways.  Today, we found two of those segments.  For about 10 minutes, we were northbound on I-15 with Las Vegas behind us and Salt Lake City ahead (though neither very near).

For our last 110 miles today, as well as a good part of tomorrow, we are on eastbound I-70.  Nonetheless, we have been on US-50 the whole time!

Tonight we rest is Green River Utah.  Not too surprisingly, there is a fairly large river running through town, and the water does have a distinctly green cast to it.

Miles today = 329.  We are 24% of the way to Ocean City.

TO = 743.  'TO' is short for 'Trip Odometer'.  It is our total miles to date for the trip.  We'll use this notation in subsequent blogs.

Tomorrow and Saturday will be our first days of enjoying adventures beyond simply putting miles behind us.

Tune in then to see what those adventures might be!