On Day One we traveled north up to the Bay Area via US101 and then picked up I-680 and took it to I-80 and stayed in Truckee, CA, the first night of the trip. This was my first time going over the Sierra Nevada Mountains anywhere, let alone on that route and thus it was my first visit to Truckee which I found delightful. We stayed in a classic Truckee Hotel which was quite an experience in retro overnighting but was quite enjoyable. We found a wonderful place to eat dinner downtown that was partially in the basement and had an amazing ambience and memorable food (forgot the name).
Early on the morning of Day Two we partook in a greasy spoon breakfast at the small-town good-old-boy dinnology, photography, road trips, Utah, weatherer. We then hit the road headed east-bound on I-80 for Sandy, Utah. We stopped for gas at Cabela's in Reno, NV, and got a carwash in Eureka, NV, and picked up lunch at a fast food joint in West Wendover, NV. The weather became stormy about this point in the drive and got stormier the entire drive into Sandy, UT.
The following photos are shown in the order they were taken over the course of the week-long trip with the first five photos showing the stormy weather over the Great Salt Lake to which I refer.
Mormon Tabernacle Choir practice.
The very first fish I ever caught.... a rainbow trout.... which I subsequently released.
Upstream view of the Green River in Brown's Park Area.
Downstream view of the Green River in Brown Park Area.
Dave and his friend Roger who lives in the general area.
Bald Eagle nesting pair with young along Brown's Park Road.
Green River, Brown's Park Road area.
Green River down-stream view in Brown's Park Area.
Stormy weather building in the sky over the Brown's Park Area.
Brooding sky over the Green River in Brown's Park Area.
Gates of Lodore, Dinosaur National Monument.
Dave posing in front of the Gates of Lodore.
A then-overweight me posing in front of the Gates of Lodore.
I'm unconvinced of the accepted theory as to how this formed.
By the time we got here we were in Northwest Colorado.
Irish Canyon, Northwest Colorado.
Significant scree field to the left of the uplifted layers.
County Road 10N heading north through Irish Canyon.
County Road 10N heading south through Irish Canyon.
Photos like this one are incapable of capturing the feel here.
Many millions of years of Earth's history recorded here.
Fremont People pictographs at south mouth of Irish Canyon.
Fremont People pictograph appearing to show an execution.
Dave and Roger on the rim of Flaming Gorge.
Flaming Gorge Dam in the morning light.
Flaming Gorge Dam in the morning light.
Flaming Gorge red rock walls in the morning light.
Flaming Gorge looking downstream in the morning light.
Flaming Gorge looking upstream in the morning light.All photos by Kim Patrick Noyes (all rights reserved).
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