IT isn't our last time change, but reaching the Pacific Time Zone is a fine milestone for now! We left the town of Layton around 10:45 and put roughly 100 miles behind us before stopping for fuel. In the intervening miles we battled a fair amount of traffic in Salt Lake City and caught a fleeting glance of the Great Salt Lake in spite of the DOT's sad decision to put an extra high barrier wall between the north- and southbound lanes of I-15.
Shortly after our fuel stop, we crossed the famous Snake river (for the first of several times) into Idaho and noticed an immediate change of terrain from rocky hills to lush farmland with golden fields of wheat interspersed with emerald corn and potato fields.
The Snake River border between Utah and Idaho, and potato fields for miles!
Idaho gave way eventually to Oregon and yet another change of scenery -- this time to high desert with rocky outcrops on surrounding hills and sagebrush as far as the eye could see...
With the extra hour in our day, we arrived at the home of my childhood friend and her husband at 4:30 in the afternoon. Paul immediately took off with the man of the house to ride the range and do a little vermin eradication -- if you're squeamish, don't look at the photo in the gallery! We had time for visiting and dinner before heading into a lovely Hotel in Burns, Oregon where Paul finally got his swim before bed. We plan to hang out here for the day tomorrow to visit a bit more before resuming our trek on Thursday.
there is no photo gallery with paul!?
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