Day 28. Rock Springs, Wyoming. 17.3.24

After a fabulous assortment of breakfast goodies we hit the road for Salt Lake City, the capital of Utah. It has an elevation of 4,330 feet/1320meters and a city population of 200,000 and county population of 1.18 million. Utah has a population of 3.33 million.

The view from our room at the Ramada in Provo.

Parked the car and headed off on foot to the State Capitol Complex.

We saw a few squirrels playing in the streets.

C of LDS

There are a lot of memorials spread throughout the Complex.

The plaque reads 'Woe to the statesman whose reasons for entering a war do not appear so plausible at its end as at its beginning'

The view after we climbed all those stairs. 

The Mormon Battalion. 

An interesting apartment building. 

There must be a dozen different buildings for the LDS. This one is the office building. 

LDS convention centre. 

More LDS buildings

Church of the Latter Day Saints temple.

After a 7km walk, a coffee and blueberry scone it was time to head east. The weather was a lovely, sunny 13° 

Snow views were a big part of our scenery today.

I was trying to capture some houses.

A salt lake we stopped to look at in Coalville, Utah. 

Looks like marshmallow. 

We farewelled Utah and crossed the border into Wyoming. It had a different feel to it. It wasn't long before the landscape changed and the temperature dropped. 

Fireworks were highly advertised along the highway. 

**warning turn volume down to avoid loud noise from wind **

The mountains have gone and we have lots of wide open spaces with beautiful patches of snow. So different yet so pretty.

At 3 pm we decided to stop in Little America for lunch and check the map to see where we might stay the night.

I may have got a little distracted after lunch.

We came across a wall of rock. Instead of going around it we went through it.

We are staying at My Place Hotel in Rock Springs. After getting ourselves organised and having a cup of tea, I went outside to play.

I made a couple of balls too but they went splat...on Mark and a window 🤷‍♀️

Today we travelled 231 miles/370 kms and walked around 8kms.

Today the top temp in Rock Springs was 6° and it's currently 0° at 11pm.