Today we continued south into Utah, along straight roads and through sagebrush …
… and passed the Smallest Store in Utah!
Then back into Wyoming (just long enough to get stocked up with essentials as the tax in Utah is quite high) …
…and to stop at the Evanston Ranger Station (where Ambera was really helpful, telling us where was best to stop along the way).
Then we were back in Utah and my first thought when I saw the Utah sign was that we were visiting dry, red, rocky places and the sign showed snow …
… but as we got closer to the Uinta Mountains, we saw they had a white dusting.
We followed the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway …
stopping to take photos and stretch our legs at Mirror Lake on the way.
The byway crosses Bald Mountain Pass at an altitude of 10,715 ft and is the highest paved road in Utah.
We passed Provo falls and some fall colour as we descended.
We stopped for the night in Heber City, another town founded by Mormons, and stayed at the quaint Swiss Alps Inn and had an Italian meal at Vito’s.
Next day, our route began with the Wolf Creek Highway, which may not be an official scenic byway, but was scenic nonetheless! We went up, passed sheep, through the Uinta National Forest, passed Mill Hollow Reservoir and over a high pass and into Indian Canyon.
Once we came down the other side, the scenery changed and we were approaching our next destination … Moab.
Off Travelling Together 