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It never really warmed up much throughout the day. I started with warm clothes in the morning and didn't feel the need to remove much because it was just cool enough. Hiway 191 turned into 6 west. Gaining elevation after Price



A few riders with Montana plates zoomed by me, good to see others out here too. Towards Provo, UT

Had never seen Salt Lake before...I'm sure it looks prettier other days


And then I was back on another super-divided hiway, 90 west.

But once you're out there and the Salt Lake City traffic thins, it still has the feel of an isolated area, even tho 90 is a major east-west route.
I was a little unsure of the gas availability between Salt Lake and the NV border at Wendover, so I did pack a few bottles with extra gas. Turns out I didn't need them because the distance was something like 95 miles between stations, but it was nice knowing I had 'em along.
As with any trip, there are a few spots that come up where one should have taken more time to appreciate what's there. So it was with the Bonneville Flats area. This was actually several miles before, but being the first time I had seen these, I immediately stopped to take photos. Once I had these it seemed redundant to stop again, even tho in the back of my mind I wanted to walk out on them and take some more photos. Had the perfect chance at a rest stop, but my mind was thinking other things and I blew right by what I wanted to do. Then 10 miles later...do I go back? That's hard for me to do some times.




It was good to see the NV border...me destination was Elko, some 150 miles to go and it was only around 3pm, so plenty of time.