{"id":4593,"date":"2022-04-10T22:02:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/?p=4593"},"modified":"2022-05-14T11:02:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T03:02:19","slug":"202006d2green-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/10\/202006d2green-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2 of 2020 Utah Trip, to Green River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Second day of my Utah trip as I would be driving from Salt Lake City to Green River, stopping at many places along the road to soak in the sceneries.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0138.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0138.jpg\" alt=\"Road in Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Road in Mountains<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8220;Castle Gate&#8221;, a big piece of boulder, in the center left.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide.min.2.4.21.js\"><\/script>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/splide-skyblue.min.css\">\n<script>\ndocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n    var secondarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-thumb-1', {\n        fixedWidth:100,height:67,gap:10,\n        focus:'center',keyboard:'focused',\n        cover:true,isNavigation:true,\n        breakpoints :{'600':{fixedWidth:57,height:38,pagination:false,arrows:false,gap:5,}},\n    } ).mount();\n    var primarySlider1 = new Splide( '#splide-major-1', {\n        type:'fade',pagination:false,arrows:false,\n    } );\n    primarySlider1.sync( secondarySlider1 ).mount();\n} );\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>I have an entire day to make the three-hour road trip from Salt Lake City to Green River, a town along Interstate 70 that\u2019s one hour from Moab, with much cheaper hotel rooms.<br \/>\nMy original plan was to take on some hiking trails in the mountains surrounding Salt Lake City. Mount Timpanogos seemed very tempting to me, only that after some research online I found summiting the mountain with its snow-covered trails in early June would be technical, at best. Since I stayed up late the previous night, I ideally preferred a shorter hike, and nearby Silver Lake Trail in Lone Peak Wilderness seemed like a perfect alternative <span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">(eventually I didn\u2019t visit it)<\/span>. So after checking out of the Airbnb room at 11am, I headed for the mountains.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"First_KFC_Franchise\">First KFC Franchise<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Not far from Interstate 15 there\u2019s a KFC restaurant (at 3890 S State St), which was the first of its franchise. I thought it&#8217;s worth a visit for a take-out lunch <span style=\"font-size: small;\">(during COVID)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, while Google Maps marked it as &#8220;open for take-out&#8221;, it actually wasn&#8217;t. So after a few photos I went back on the move.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/IMG_202006D2_111958_HDR.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/IMG_202006D2_111958_HDR.jpg\" alt=\"Statue outside First KFC Franchise\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Statue outside First KFC Franchise<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Colonel Sanders with Pete Harman, who opened the first KFC franchise in 1952.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/IMG_202006D2_112044_HDR.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/IMG_202006D2_112044_HDR.jpg\" alt=\"First KFC Franchise Restaurant\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>First KFC Franchise Restaurant<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It felt to me that many intersections in the Salt Lake Valley area were designed in a way that, one had to be in the correct lane(s) at the previous intersections to make the correct turn, which was sort of puzzling as I was using Waze, not Google Maps with its lane indications.<\/p>\n<p>And probably because the weather\u2019s good, there were lots of cars entering the national forest from American Fork that day. And it turned out that the roadside parking lots and picnic grounds were mostly full.<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Uinta-Wasatch-Cache_National_Forest\">Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Unfortunately, it wasn&#8217;t until I arrived at Granite Flat Campground did I realize that the last three miles of Forest Route 8 to Silver Lake Trailhead was unpaved. Since I was driving a rental, which certainly didn&#8217;t like gravel roads to say the least, I decided to call off the hike to Silver Lake.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I headed for a nearby picnic area, and launched my drone.<\/p>\n<h4><span id=\"Picnic_Area_by_Granite_Flat_Campground\">Picnic Area by Granite Flat Campground<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-major-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9631.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DSC_9631.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Timpanogos\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mount Timpanogos<\/br>I wished it could be accessible this early in season.<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0051.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0051.jpg\" width=\"85%\" alt=\"Tibble Fork Reservoir\" \/><\/a><\/br>Tibble Fork Reservoir<\/br>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">A reservoir that one must pass along the way to Silver Lake. Lots of cars\/ATVs circling around looking for a parking spot, creating some slowdown on my way here. But perhaps the most troubling, the beaches are packed, not much social distance going on?<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9630.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DSC_9630.jpg\" alt=\"Box Elder Peak\" \/><\/a><\/br>Box Elder Peak<\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0050.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0050.jpg\" alt=\"Granite Flat Campground\" \/><\/a><\/br>Granite Flat Campground<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Seemed closed, probably due to COVID.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0052.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0052.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains of Lone Peak Wilderness\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains of Lone Peak Wilderness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"splide\" id=\"splide-thumb-1\">\n<div class=\"splide__track\">\n<ul class=\"splide__list\">\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9631.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Timpanogos\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-s\/DJI_0051.jpg\" alt=\"Tibble Fork Reservoir\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-s\/DSC_9630.jpg\" alt=\"Box Elder Peak\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-s\/DJI_0050.jpg\" alt=\"Granite Flat Campground\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"splide__slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-s\/DJI_0052.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains of Lone Peak Wilderness\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\nJavascript not enabled, unable to display slideshow.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#splide-major-1, #splide-thumb-1 { display:none; }\n<\/style>\n<details>\n<summary>Click here to display photos of the slideshow<\/summary>\n<p><div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9631.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DSC_9631.jpg\" alt=\"Mount Timpanogos\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mount Timpanogos<\/br>I wished it could be accessible this early in season.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0051.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0051.jpg\" alt=\"Tibble Fork Reservoir\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Tibble Fork Reservoir<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">A reservoir that one must pass along the way to Silver Lake. Lots of cars\/ATVs circling around looking for a parking spot, creating some slowdown on my way here. But perhaps the most troubling, the beaches are packed, not much social distance going on?<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9630.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DSC_9630.jpg\" alt=\"Box Elder Peak\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Box Elder Peak<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0050.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0050.jpg\" alt=\"Granite Flat Campground\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Granite Flat Campground<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Seemed closed, probably due to COVID.<\/span><\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0052.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0052.jpg\" alt=\"Mountains of Lone Peak Wilderness\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mountains of Lone Peak Wilderness<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/details>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0038_DJI_0049-12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0038_DJI_0049-12.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial View by Lone Peak Wilderness\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Aerial View by Lone Peak Wilderness<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><span id=\"Saw_Mill_Picnic_Area\">Saw Mill Picnic Area<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>On my way out of the forests, I stopped at another campground for more time playing with my drone.<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">It seemed that OpenStreetMap called the location &#8220;North Mill Campground&#8221;, but Google Maps called it &#8220;Saw Mill Picnic Area&#8221;. Anyway, it&#8217;s just next to the road, not hard to find.<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0055.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0055.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Road in American Fork Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0059.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0059.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Road in American Fork Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road in American Fork Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0057.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0057.jpg\" alt=\"Pine Trees Growing on Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Pine Trees Growing on Rocks<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">There didn\u2019t seem to be a lot of places where these trees could take root.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>And here&#8217;s drone footage.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MS7g_13WPzw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0056.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0056.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0061.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0061.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0064.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0064.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Rocks\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0066.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0066.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9636.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DSC_9636.jpg\" alt=\"Road in American Fork Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Road in American Fork Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The surface condition wasn\u2019t very good for this road.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9633.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_9633.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Rocks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9634.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_9634.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Rocks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rocks<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><span id=\"Entrance_to_American_Fork_Canyon\">Entrance to American Fork Canyon<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>And I made another stop at its entrance.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XsDH79J9Spo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0089.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0089.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance to American Fork Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Entrance to American Fork Canyon<\/br>Two magnificent mountains rising seemingly out of nowhere.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0082.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0082.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Townhouses\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0085.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0085.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Townhouses\" \/><\/a><\/br>Townhouses<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Utah Lake in the distance.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0084Q9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0084Q9.jpg\" alt=\"Distant Mountains of Lone Peak Wilderness\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Distant Mountains of Lone Peak Wilderness<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0090_DJI_0098-9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0090_DJI_0098-9.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial View at the Entrance of American Fork Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Aerial View at the Entrance of American Fork Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span id=\"Spanish_Fork\">Spanish Fork<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I also made a stop before entering Spanish Fork Canyon.<br \/>\nNot far from the Canyon&#8217;s entrance there&#8217;s a huge cross statue on top of Dominguez Hill, commemorating the discovery of Salt Lake Valley. It\u2019s accessible by a hiking trail, but since it\u2019s already 2:30pm as I still got some distance to cover, I decided an aerial view from my drone would be enough.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0099.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0099.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Wind Turbine\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0104.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0104.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Wind Turbine\" \/><\/a><\/br>Wind Turbine<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0101.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0101.jpg\" alt=\"Escalante Cross on Dominguez Hill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Escalante Cross on Dominguez Hill<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">In July of 1776, two Franciscan monks, Fathers Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Silvestre Velez de Escalante, began an expedition to explore the southwestern United States in search of an overland route from Santa Fe, NM to Monterey, CA. On September 23, 1776 the expedition reached the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon. They climbed the hill now known as Dominguez Hill and became the first white men to see Utah Lake and Utah Valley.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0105.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0105.jpg\" alt=\"Utah Valley and Distant Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Utah Valley and Distant Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0110.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0110.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Golf Course\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0111.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0111.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Golf Course\" \/><\/a><\/br>Golf Course<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the footage from my drone.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H4Z595l1A_U\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After that, the mountain road wound itself among Spanish Fork Canyon, first in lush green and then in cinnamon brown as I approached Utah\u2019s deserts.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/IMG_202006D2_145951250Q9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/IMG_202006D2_145951250Q9.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mountain Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/IMG_202006D2_151054_HDRQ9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/IMG_202006D2_151054_HDRQ9.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mountain Road\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/IMG_202006D2_151135_HDRQ9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/IMG_202006D2_151135_HDRQ9.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mountain Road\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/IMG_202006D2_151302_HDRQ9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/IMG_202006D2_151302_HDRQ9.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mountain Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountain Road<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span id=\"Tie_Fork_Rest_Area\">Tie Fork Rest Area<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It came to my attention as another suitable spot for drone launch, and it turned out to have much more to offer.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/IMG_202006D2_151841_HDR.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/IMG_202006D2_151841_HDR.jpg\" alt=\"Train Model\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Train Model<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The rest stop was close to \/ paid homage to the town of Tucker, where helper engines were once stationed to help freight trains climb over Solider Summit. Part of the rest stop was modelled after a train depot in memory of this.<br \/>\nWith the decline of coal mining in Spanish Fork Canyon, the town of Tucker was now only a name on the map. But on the other side of Solider Summit, the town of Helper, named after the helper engines, was still in existence.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0117.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0117.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Rest Area\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0134.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0134.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Rest Area\" \/><\/a><\/br>Rest Area<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0115.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0115.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Highway\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0116.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0116.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Highway\" \/><\/a><\/br>Highway<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0119_DJI_0129-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0119_DJI_0129-11.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial View of Tie Fork Rest Area\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Aerial View of Tie Fork Rest Area<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0130.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0130.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Train Tracks\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0133.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0133.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Train Tracks\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0132.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0132.jpg\" alt=\"Train Tracks\" \/><\/a><\/br>Train Tracks<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My next stop along the road was Castle Gate, named after a huge slab of rocks forcing roads to wind around it. First it&#8217;s a (unofficial) roadside parking lot leading into a canyon, then some roadside historical markers.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/IMG_202006D2_155636806Q9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/IMG_202006D2_155636806Q9.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mountain Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/IMG_202006D2_160012_HDRQ9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/IMG_202006D2_160012_HDRQ9.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mountain Road\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/IMG_202006D2_160245_HDRQ9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/IMG_202006D2_160245_HDRQ9.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mountain Road\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/IMG_202006D2_160309_HDRQ9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/IMG_202006D2_160309_HDRQ9.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mountain Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountain Road<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span id=\"Castle_Gate\">Castle Gate<\/span><\/h3>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9641.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DSC_9641.jpg\" alt=\"Castle Gate\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Castle Gate<\/br>Weirdly, it didn\u2019t feel like either castle or gate to me.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>First, my drone visited a nameless canyon, with a seemingly abandoned hut. I guess the hut was related to mining activities many years ago?<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/daWmQFgzrlQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0136.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0136.jpg\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Canyon<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Then I flew it around the actual Castle Gate.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/swQ1xVb5jhQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And finally, down Price River along railway tracks.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IYGOxkRmW9Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0141.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0141.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Road in Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0146.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0146.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Road in Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road in Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9644.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DSC_9644.jpg\" alt=\"Layers of Rock\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Layers of Rock<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The blackish layers were probably rich in coal. In 1881, surveyor Ellis Clark concluded that none of the coal beds in the region were large, but their value lay in close proximity to railway lines.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9647.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_9647.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9648.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_9648.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mountains\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9649.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_9649.jpg\" width=\"51.85%\" alt=\"Railroad along Price River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0145.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0145.jpg\" width=\"46.15%\" alt=\"Railroad along Price River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Railroad along Price River<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span id=\"Sunnyside_Junction\">Sunnyside Junction<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Coming out of Price Canyon, the landscape changed into a huge flat valley, with distant mesas that went on as far as the eye could see, like viewed from Sunnyside Junction in the following photo.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9652_DSC_9683-32.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DSC_9652_DSC_9683-32.jpg\" alt=\"View of Distant Mesas from Sunnyside Junction\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>View of Distant Mesas from Sunnyside Junction<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9684.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DSC_9684.jpg\" alt=\"Sole Tree in Desert Field\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Sole Tree in Desert Field<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9685.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DSC_9685.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Asphalt\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Rock Asphalt<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Display of a basket of rock asphalt, that was mined at the top of Whitmore Canyon, 15 miles Northeast of this spot.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a drone footage:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DpWgabT4ANM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0152.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0152.jpg\" alt=\"Freight Train\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Freight Train<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Probably carrying coal from a coal field towards the East.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0153_DJI_0163-11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0153_DJI_0163-11.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial View of Sunnyside Junction\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Aerial View of Sunnyside Junction<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Not far down the road there\u2019s Horse Canyon View Area, which was a proper highway rest area with covered toilets. But in my opinion I really preferred the vast open views at Sunnyside Junction, so I didn\u2019t stay there for long.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9687.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DSC_9687.jpg\" alt=\"Horse Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Horse Canyon<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/IMG_202006D2_175440_HDRQ9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/IMG_202006D2_175440_HDRQ9.jpg\" alt=\"Downhill\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Downhill<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Some magnificent mesas ahead.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span id=\"Woodside\">Woodside<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>My last stop of the day, near an abandoned gas station at the abandoned village of Woodside. The array of mesas was close to Route 191 at this place, it\u2019s also where Price River found its way through a canyon in the mesas. I planned on launching my drone here, hoping to get a closer look at these mesas.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0164.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0164.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mesa\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0166.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0166.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mesa\" \/><\/a><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9689.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_9689.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mesa\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9692.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_9692.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Mesa\" \/><\/a><\/br>Mesa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And here&#8217;s my drone footage:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ma1FyrVqJKA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nUnfortunately, despite being at their closest, the mesas were still more than 2km from the road, and the battery of my drone was running low, so it had to return before reaching the entrance of the canyon.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0167_DJI_0172-6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0167_DJI_0172-6.jpg\" alt=\"Mesas by US191\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Mesas by US191<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Near the village of Woodside.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0174.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DJI_0174.jpg\" alt=\"Price River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0176.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0176.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Price River\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0178.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0178.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Price River\" \/><\/a><\/br>Price River<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0177.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0177.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Road\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0181.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0181.jpg\" width=\"49%\" alt=\"Road\" \/><\/a><\/br>Road<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9691.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DSC_9691.jpg\" width=\"51.85%\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DJI_0165.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails-m\/DJI_0165.jpg\" width=\"46.15%\" alt=\"Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/br>Canyon<\/br><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Price River flows between these mesas.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then I continued my road trip. At 6:45pm, I reached the city of Green River where I would be spending the night. Located near the junction of I70 and US191, it offered many hotels and restaurants for travelers.<\/p>\n<p>And I shall end this post with a photo of the Green River, that gave the city its name.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/DSC_9696.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/huangyizhou.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/202006\/D2\/thumbnails\/DSC_9696.jpg\" alt=\"Green River\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/br>Green River<\/br><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: smaller;text-align: left\">The town\u2019s surrounded by beautiful mesas like this. But probably because they were too ubiquitous in Utah, and they lacked the unique shapes of rocks in Moab area, there weren\u2019t any attractions nearby.<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<p>END<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Second day of my Utah trip as I would be driving from Salt Lake City to Green River, stopping at many places along the road to soak in the sceneries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[513,2],"tags":[425,515],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4593"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6485,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4593\/revisions\/6485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huangyizhou.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}