I drove from Thomas Canyon Campground near Elko Nevada to the Comfort Inn in Laramie Wyoming.
Along the way I traversed from the salty dry lakebeds of Nevada and Utah to the rolling mountainous foothills around the Green River that starts in Wyoming.
Salt Lake City sits at the boundary of these two regions, with the Great Salt Lake in front of it, and the Wasatch Mountains behind it. I was impressed that the Utah State Capitol sits on a higher hill than Mormon Tabernacle, a proper ranking of state over church the country is founded on.
Bonneville Salt Flats, Western Utah
Utah State Capitol
The Mormon Tabernacle Below Capitol Hill in Salt Lake City
The rolling terrain of Wyoming looks sculpted by wind and rain, and up to the Green River any drop of rain on my car might well bounce off and end up in a glass of drinking water in Los Angeles.
Eastern Utah Reservoir
Transcontinental Railroad
Solar Windmills Along I-80
Green River, Wyoming
Rain in Green River
Today I kept driving past sunset, so I could get within a two day drive of my destination in Wisconsin. Nice to sleep in a bed for the night.
Sunset on Day 3 While Driving
Album of The Day -- You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.
Sonic Youth discovered this band where the lead guitarist, J. Mascis, wanted to back a band with a wall of sound like John Bonham's drumming for Led Zeppelin. Finding he wasn't up for that, he switched to electric guitar. Can you hear the music in this wall?
My secondary album of the day was 40 Oz. to Freedom by Sublime. Listening to both these albums I was struck by how many of the songs for each seem like a songwriter attempting multiple times to plumb the same inspiration. Some are hits, some are misses. And the albums are also stuffed with one-offs and covers you never hear on the radio.
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