Today we made some bad decisions which ended up being good decisions.

We continued our journey to Idaho, and it was an absolutely stunning drive beside lakes and over mountains. Google was navigating us nicely but then told me if I went a different way, it would be 10 mins quicker. So why wouldn’t I choose the quicker route?

It was a lovely drive past the upper end of the great salt lake. We travelled for about 1 hour before the road turned to dirt. Dammit, bloody Google!

We continued on straight and arrived at a national historic site called golden spike. This was our first bad decision turned good. They were celebrating 155 years since it happened. It was the point where the first trans continental railroad was completed. And there were steam trains there which kept Mike happy. They were replicas of the original trains we watched as they tootled up and down. We also got a free t shirt.

We then had to back track just a short way, but there was no choice but to take the interstate. Otherwise we would have had to drive all over the place to continue. And who knows where Google would send us?

This was the second good decision as it took us straight past a rocket site, where there were display rockets on display. This was cool to see as well.

Then we headed on to Idaho, stopping for a photo with the sign. We headed for rock city, which had part of the California trail where over 250000 people travelled from Missouri to California to find gold. On their way, they stopped in rock city, which is a bunch of rocks, and signed their names with the date they passed through. It was really cool looking at all the signatures from the 1850s. It’s a beautiful area and is now popular with rock climbers.

We found a little rv park near there to stay the night.