My new friend Debra and I went on a trip across the West Desert to follow the original Pony Express route. This 120 mile route through the desert was only used for 19 months, which is surprising given how notorious it is. Before the Pony Express, it took mail 6 months to travel from the east coast to the west coast. The Pony Express reduced that time to 10 days!
We began the day in Wendover, where we were very excited to purchase regular strength Coors Light. And then, very quickly, we were out in the middle of nowhere.
The cool thing about this drive was that you're pretty much seeing things the way the riders did back in 1860. There's not much out there except the occasion ruins of the old outposts.
There was also one solitary "town" which was just a few houses out in the middle of nowhere and some other random paraphernalia.
Do not hump???
We passed through a National Wildlife Refuge, in which Debra ran through the "Area Closed Beyond This Sign."
We stopped at the geode field, and I'd really like to come back here when it's not FREEZING cold.
Debra found one that looked promising and cracked it open and found this inside!
We also just had a lot of fun taking pictures.
Such a fun day exploring part of Utah I've never been to, and we learned some history, too!
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