Today we had a very interesting drive for 450 miles on route US 50, called the loneliest road in America. I tried to buy the T-Shirt but there was no stock due to lack of interest.
We went thro' hills, mountains and valleys. Some roads were 80 miles long where you could use cruise control from start to finish. We passed the remains of the old Pony Express ( still faster than the British post office) and the Stagecoach overland stage stations, some were just piles of rubble, but showed the history.
We passed through towns called Austin, Eureka and Ely. All pretty much one horse towns but still complete with a Casino. We also viewed enroute further powerfull examples of the poverty that exists in this Country. Someone should address this instead of the stupid war games. (Get off your high horse Noel!).
Plenty of Cattle on this route and we also saw Deer, one to be exact, in the middle of the road.
The price of fuel in this country is ridiculous and depends on the US State you are in. We have paid USD 3.30 per gallon and now in Cedar City its US 2.65. Don't know how to explain this USD 0.70 per gallon difference and assume it must be Tax.
There were many mining towns on this road until we reached the US 93 at Major's Place (no connection) and then off the US 93 on to the Utah 56. The town of Cedar City, Utah has a very active Shakespeare Experience? connected to the university. Tomorrow night there is professional Bull riding. Will need to find out more about this.
Tomorrow we are going to Zion National Park which we are looking forward to.
Cedar City is quite small whilst the roads are extremely wide and mostly covered with Ford Pickups and similar size vehicles (said as Vey-hi-culs), or something like this. We also saw some road works where they were resurfacing the road with tarmac, sanded oil, they call it- work that one out!!!.
We passed about 10 Walmart trucks, loads of RV's and the occasional car on this journey, the RV business is huge in this country
Anyway, things are going fine and we look forward to the next few days. On Tuesday thorough Thursday we shall be in Grand Canyon country complete with helicopter and light aircraft rides. Watch this space for pictures etc
I also forgot to mention that we have crossed the Stateline and moved from Pacific time zone to Mountain time zone and lost one hour. Can you believe it, there was not even a sign.
