Moving to Alaska: Day Nine

I hope this is the most boring blog I write on this trip. There really were not a lot of notable highlights today.

The most important was over the mountains, finally. The first half of the day was spent in the 7000 foot range but other than bad gas mileage, due to towing and a strong headwind, it was really not that bad. However I am sure the trailer reload back in Alabama helped a LOT.

The only other thing of interest was the Great Divide Basin. If you look at a map of the continental divide, there is a square in southern Wyoming. It is an ~4000 square mile section of land that is actually BETWEEN the continental divide. Water only goes in, it does not flow out east or west like elsewhere in the country. The only way it leaves is due to evaporation which based on the wind, is pretty easy. So it is really an extremely arid high desert. In the pioneer days, this section was bypassed either north or south and even today, there is only one town in the area. I just like oddities like this so wanted to share.

The rest of the day was coming down the mountains into Utah. It was nice to be out of the strong headwind for the first time in a few days and to see green stuff. I spent the afternoon letterboxing, mostly successfully, around Odgen. It is a very hilly town so even the little hikes tended to require some effort.

Well, that was it. Like I said, from a blog standpoint, a boring day.

Start: Laramie, Wyoming

Stop: Odgen, Utah

~420 Miles Driven

~5.7 Miles Walked
9 Letterboxes Found

5 Letterboxes Not Found

1 Letterboxes Planted

Pictures will be posted on Facebook in this album (and the link will be included in all future posts for this trip):

Moving to Alaska Photos