Day 1: Orienting the map

Salt Lake City

We went, as planned, to Salt Lake City. But from there to where? We had an idea that we were to go North, deviating from the google-suggested short route of 766 miles going through Nevada.

It took some explaining at the local tourist office in Salt Lake City to have them get them understand the idea of making the trip longer and less convenient, but we soon had three guides at our disposal, all discussing what the best trip for us might be …not that the tourist office in Salt Lake was packed with people, but it seemed the idea of having a couple going on a trip completely without an itinerary surely resonated with the offices guides and their memories from their youth. So there were stories.

Rerouting

It didn’t take long before we understood that the 7 days we had rented the car for would not suffice, or at least be a big stretch.

Cockpit

Never the less, we set out for Jackson Hole, WY. In our ears sounding like just the place we wouldn’t go (gunfights in the streets, saddles as bar-stools), but it seemed only logical we should go just there. But hey – when in Disneyland…

Published by bonka

Director, ex-computer programmer, photographer with a passion for storytelling and old cameras.

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