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Hostile Hostel
I rode down the avenues of Salt Lake City to my “F” Street destination. Large stately mansions lined the streets on the way. Just a mile from the Convention Center, this hostel would be a great location for my week
Better Than A Horse
As I passed along the Oregon Trail, where you can still see covered wagon tracks in some places, I had the sensation of what it might have felt like to journey across country in that manner. The speed was slow.
9/26/19 – Day 23 – Solar Power International Convention – Salt Lake City, Utah
9/22/19 – Day 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Resting and Catching Up on Sunday
Today I attended church services at the First Presbyterian Church in Salt Lake City. Sunride stayed outside catching a few rays. When I get up in the morning I pack Sunride for the day’s journey. This photo shows my tent,
9/22/19 – Day 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – More Tales of the Road – Entering Utah
Snowville is the first town I came to in Utah. Named not for legendary snow falls but after an early pioneer, Mr. Snow. There’s also a town named after Mr. Dewey called, not surprisingly, Deweyville. Arriving in Tremonton, I checked
9/21/19 – Day 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – Tales of the Road Part 1 – Haines, Oregon
Today I’ve had a minute to write a couple of my experiences. Sunday 9/8/19 Haines, Oregon I drifted into the tiny town of Haines, Oregon, found a picnic table in a parking lot next to the Frontier Saloon, chained my
9/20/19 – Day 17 – Salt Lake City, UT – Climate Strike Organized by Students!
Sunride attended Salt Lake’s Climate Strike, part of strikes held around the word and inspired by a 16 year old student from Sweden. Our children are the ones who will suffer the consequences from our primitive use of fossil fuel
9/19/19 – Day 16 – Salt Lake City, UT – I Made It!
I’ve just arrived to my ultimate destination for this leg of my journey – Salt Lake City, UT!
9/17/19 – Day 14 – Malta, ID to Tremonton, UT – Triple Drat!
Well, I made it to Tremonton; but it wasn’t easy. After pulling up to a traveler’s service station in Snowville, Utah, where a delightful young woman named “Dem” helped me, I noticed that my repaired rear tire was losing air.