We made it through Salt Lake City and north to Brigham City and had just enough time to jump in the truck and drive about 35 miles out to the site where the Golden Spike was driven at the completion of the Transcontential Railroad in 1869. I finished Steven Abrose's book about that about a month ago so this is something I wanted to see and I was disappointed only by the fact that we did not have more time to spend there. We got there at 4:15 and the National Monument closed at 5:00. Still, we were in time for the last "demonstration run" of the day with the real steam engine they operate there.
So these pictures account for most of today's excitement. Tomorrow we head for Twin Falls, ID hoping to get there early enough to see some sites.
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