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Sunday Day 3

We left Caldwell, Idaho this morning and headed for Brigham City, Utah.  Fortunately, the wind had dissipated and no head wind.  Our gas mileage jumped from 8 to 8.9.  The speed limit for trucks in Idaho is 70 mph.  So adjusted the cruise control and let her rip.  Of course that does affect our mileage but we are faster to our next destination, which is Brigham City, Utah.  A little longer drive today, about 4.5 hours.  Along the way we saw a coyote standing by the freeway looking for lunch.  Utah was crossed into about 2 hours into our trip.  Utah has a speed limit of 80, but just kept it at 70.
This is flat country and I was wondering what the pioneers thought when they saw the vast prairies they had to cross.  Traveling with a wagon train doing possibly 5 miles per day must have been pretty daunting.  Here we were traveling at 70 mph pulling our house with us.   Although we didn't have oxen to feed, we did have a thirsty V8.  Fortunately there were enough gas stations along the way to keep us going.

Further on, in ranch country we did spot a wagon that was of Basque design that some cowboy spends the night.  Pretty lonesome.  We arrived at our next campground in Brigham City which has a population of about 18,000.  With that in mind, I had the presence to stock up on victuals prior to leaving Boise, Idaho, which is much larger.  Hit the local Albertsons and soon headed for Utah.

Now in Utah settled into our next stop for a two day break before hitting the road again.  May stop off and see where the Golden Spike was struck.



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