We leave Jackson, WY and find our Hwy-89 again to move us South. We circle along the edge of the Palisades Wilderness Study Area and the Bridger-Teton National Forest in the East. The landscape is not all that spectacular as the mountain areas further North, but Hwy-89 is certainly worth a drive if you like scenic drives. Shortly after Montpelier, ID, not the one in France, we are at the shores of Bear Lake and onto Logan, UT.
From here we follow Hwy-89 as good as we can, but have to give up as we come into the greater Salt Lake City, UT metropolitan area. In SLC we visit a known campsite (see our trip from 2018) within the city and have an early finish which we enjoy by taking a plunge into the pool.
We are leaving SLC relatively early as we have quite some mileage ahead of us today. We leave the metropolitan area via I-15, an exception to the rules as we don't want to use Interstaes on this trip, but it is the best way to get out of those one town melting into another. After passing Utah Lake we have the worst behind us and we can find our Hwy-28 and enjoy a lesser stressful drive. After the Svier Bridge Reservoir Hwy-28 joins Hwy-89 and we follow them South through Fishlake N.F. and the Piute S.P. into the Dixie N.F.
We let lay Bryce Canyon N.P. to the East as will visit the park later, and take Hwy-14 to Cedar City, UT through the lava flow stream in the Dixie Forest. From here we turn South to Hurricane, UT to our base camp for the next days to explore Zion N.P. and perhaps Bryce Canyon N.P.
"As for the Mormons one meets, however their doctrines be regarded, they will be found as rich in human kindness as any people in all our broad land, while the dark memories that cloud their history will vanish from the mind as completely as when we bath in the fountain azure of the Sierra." - John Muir, 'Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon'
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