Day 54

We did drive the 200 mile loop thru Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area from Rock Springs.

Traveled South from Rock Springs on Hwy 191 to the Gorge Dam, then up Hwy 530 to Green River and back to Rock Springs.  About a 6 hour trip - almost all of it in the NRA.

Most of the trip was scenic, but the Gorge area near the dam was really special.  Glad we took the extra day on our way home to see it.

Pictures -----

Salt Flats on I-80 west of Salt Lake City

These Salt Flats pictures were taken from the RV - no place to pull over, but still interesting if you have ever wondered what they looked like

Unfortunately, the drive through Salt Lake City on I-80 was a little "fast" with no turnouts to take pictures of the city.
Here we are past the city and heading East.  Fall colors are at their peak here and it was really pretty.  Wish we had the time to stay somewhere and see more.

Also outside the city

And one more

This picture and all the rest are from our drive today.  I won't comment on each one, but will if something stood out in our opinion to share.  We took a lot of shots knowing we would be out of the mountains soon.

Here we are still in Wyoming but heading to the dam that is actually in Utah.   The snow covered mountains in the distance are in Utah and include the highest peak in the state.

We are about 7,800 feet in elevation and not all the snow melts where it collects on the East side of the canyons where it does not receive direct sunlight which prevents it from all melting during the summer.  Or, at least this summer.  They have had some record snowfalls the last few winters.

Our first view of the lake built up behind the dam - Flaming Gorge Lake

This is the lake view from the dam.  Very beautiful, but not as big as we imagined.

This is why it's called "Flaming".  The vibrant red in the exposed rock layer.

Big Horn Sheep we saw at a viewpoint.

Isabelle had dish duty tonight.  I can say she really cleaned up!