Driving to Fort Bridger

Today was another cool drive. Since we missed the planned activities yesterday we started our day with Sinks Canyon State Park. This is a neat spot where the Middle Popo Agie River disappears into a canyon wall --- only to reappear through another canyon wall about a quarter mile away!

After the visitor's center we headed out and caught up with our friends Juan and Jovie (from yesterday's adventure). After several miles, Juan slowed down and turned onto a gravel/dirt road...... so of course I turned and followed him! I wouldn't have done that drive on a rainy day but this was a hoot driving up and over hills and around lots of curves until we stopped at a preserved gold mining location. Then we moved on down the dirt road to South Pass City! It's a tiny little tourist trap where you can walk the streets of an authentic gold mining town (we saved our admission fee). Instead, we had local root beers and picked up a few other things we really didn't need.

After many more miles (of asphalt) we found our way to Farson, Wyoming for sandwiches at the Mercantile. Not far from there we found a marker for the four primary trails that went through here: Pony Express, Oregon, California and Mormon. If you look closely and use a bit of imagination you can still see wagon ruts leaving the marker.

I almost forgot dinner! We've had lots of nice lunches and dinners out but tonight we were able to relax with one of our favorite low key meals: Avocado toast! A pretty perfect way to finish our day.Read more