Wednesday, 24th of April
2013
Logan, UT –
Craig, CO
Miles: 357
We woke up by 8
o'clock, had some breakfast and continued talking (mainly J.). It was
pleasant morning and the time was flying. We looked around the house
and yard, there was as well J.'s grandfather workshop. It was
interesting walk through time. We drove to town, got gasoline and
were heading away. It was really great visit. We drove through Logan
canyon to Bear Lake. It was relatively long and twisty drive. There
were still remains of snow (or a lot of snow on the peaks). It looked
like the southern part of Utah (that we visited last fall). The
picture was different because of the season. Stop at the Bear Lake
overlook. It was great, deep blue lake and mountains all around. And
snow, it was pretty cold (and throwing the snow ball). We stopped at
the gas station for a coffee (and my hot dog breakfast). Gas price is
much lower. Lake – small town and all the lake front properties in
private hands (sucks). We drove to the lake through some resort and
later saw that there was part of the lake that was open (no
properties). It was pretty nice lake, the houses around the lake and
hills did not look the best though. Unfortunately. More driving to
the interstate 80. We left the lake area and the landscape got pretty
boring, flat and gray. Some mountains in the back. It was taking
forever. Nothing special. We saw signs for Fossil Butte National
Monument (and as we did not have anything planned) and took the turn
from the main road. It was about 3.5 miles and we found there a
visitor's center. Otherwise it was pretty deserted. Nice building. We
went in and discovered pretty nice exhibit of fossils. We talked to
the ranger and it was interesting. Apparently they do work with the
owners around to discover and replicate the fossils find there. If
the fossil is on private property it belongs to the owner, he can
sell it, keep it or anything else. I found that a bit strange. It was
surprisingly nice and interesting visit. It felt like forever to get
to the interstate. We were in Wyoming. Flat and somewhat industrial.
Finally on the interstate, in a while we took the turn into Green
River. There was a visitor's center, we went in, picked up bunch of
maps and got an advice on short walk in the town. Apparently there is
a lot of mining in the area. Another side of Wyoming (compare to for
example Yellowstone). We drove to the river, had a quick picnic and
had to get back on the road. Cheaper gasoline – 3.27, that was
nice. About 90 miles on the interstate, nothing, boring, flat and
gray. Last turn, we left the interstate and were heading toward
Craig. The landscape did not really change. Still in Wyoming we got
pulled over by police and got warning for speed (apparently 71 in 65
mph). That was kind of buzz kill, at least we did not get a ticket.
The rest of the way we drove slightly below the speed limit. We
entered Colorado. There was a lot of deer along the road. The
landscape slowly changed, got more interesting. We were tired and had
enough. Town of Craig, nothing special, we drove through the town
looking for the motel. The place was at the end of the town, just
fine. Finally end of the day.
