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UTAH, U. S. A.

(Map of Utah, U. S. of A.)
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Merriam-Webster Online.

2005, Jan, 15 - Apr. 10
in the state of Utah, U. S. of A.

During the early part of 2005 I was driving truck for a company called `Mexico Trading' which is a subsidiary of `Tropimex'. Both companies are situated in Richmond, B C. Canada.

I drove an International conventional pulling 53 Ft. reefers to towns in Texas. Some of the products I hauled; meat, soap, etc. were destined for Texas but most were bound for Mexico.

Returning to Canada I carried some American products that I picked up in towns in Texas but most loads were products of Mexico; watermelons, avocados, etc, that I picked up from customs agents in border towns such as Laredo, Texas.

These are some of the pictures I took, through the windshield, along the route.

TRAVEL ROUTES IN UTAH, U.S.A.
  • (Jeep made from license plates.) Hole 'n the Rock
  • Hwy. I-15 N US 6 to SLC (Salt Lake City)
  • Hwy. I-15 S I-84 to US 6
  • Hwy. I-70 E US 6 to US 191
  • Hwy. I-70 W US 191 to US 6
  • Hwy. I-84 SE Idaho to I-15
  • (Road sign to Arches Nat. Pk.) Moab, City of.
  • Hwy. US 6 NW I-70 to I-15
  • Hwy. US 6 SE I-15 to I-70
  • Hwy. US 191 N Moab to I-70
  • Hwy. US 191 N Monticello to Moab
  • Hwy. US 191 S Hole 'n the Rock to Monticello
  • Hwy. US 191 S Moab to Hole 'n the Rock
  • Hwy. US 666 SE Monticello to Colorado

    From Idaho, South East to Colorado then back, North West.

    HWY. I-84
    SOUTH EAST - IDAHO TO I-15

    (Highway through bald parries, mountains in the background.)
    WELCOME TO UTAH
    (Highway through bald parries, sign on side of road, mountains in the background.)
    1 MILE TO SNOWVILLE

    (Highway through bald parries, mountains in the background)
    (Highway through bald parries, some snow, mountains in the background.)

    (Highway through bald parries, mountains in the background.)
    (Highway through bald parries, mountains in the background.)

    (Highway through bald parries, mountains in the background.)
    (Highway through bald parries, sign on side of road, mountains in the background.)
    1 MILE TO TREMONTON

    HWY. I-15
    SOUTH, THROUGH     SALT LAKE CITY.

    (Highway through bald parries, snow capped mountains in the background.)
    (Highway along side train, snow capped mountains in the background.)

    (Highway along side car lot, snow capped mountains in the background.)
    NORTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF SLC (SALT LAKE CITY)
    (Highway along side buildings, snow capped mountains in the background.)
    SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF SLC

    (Highway along side buildings, snow capped mountains in the background.)
    (Highway along side buildings, snow capped mountains in the background.)

    HWY. US 6
    SOUTH EAST FROM HWY, I-15, OVER THE     SOLDIER SUMMIT THROUGH HELPER AND PRICE TO I-70.

    (Main highway climbing through mountains, train tracks below.)
    (Main highway through mountains.)

    (Main highway climbing through mountains, train tracks below.)
    (Main highway through mountains.)

    (Main highway through mountains.)
    (Main highway through barren fields on top of mountain, fuel stop on side of road.)
    SOLDIER SUMMIT

    (Main highway through field of snow on top of mountain.)
    (Main highway through mountains, some snow.)

    (Main highway through mountains, some snow.)
    (Main highway through mountains, some snow.)

    (Main highway through mountains, some snow.)
    (Main highway through mountains, some snow, buildings on one side.)
    CHICKEN COOP AT KENILWORTH.

    (Main highway leaving mountains, entering fields, snow in the background.)
    (Main highway through buildings, buttes in the background.)

    (Main highway through buildings, mountains in the background.)
    (Main highway through buildings, mountains in the background.)
    PRICE

    (Main highway through barren fields, mountains in the background.)
    (Main highway through barren fields, mountains in the background.)

    (Main highway through barren fields, a butte in the background.)
    (Main highway through barren fields, highway in the distance. Sign beside Hwy.)
    JUNCTION OF 1-70.
    MOAB, GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, HANKSVILLE

    HWY. I-70
    EAST TO     CRESCENT JUNCTION AND HWY US 191.

    (Main highway through barren fields, ice in the ditches, mountains in the background.)
    (Main highway through barren fields, mountains in the background.)

    (Main highway through barren fields, cloverleaf in the distance, mountains in the background.)
    CLOVERLEAF TURN OFF TO HWY. 19 AND GREEN RIVER.
    (A large butte.)
    TAKEN FROM THE PARKING LOT BEHIND A FUEL STOP
    AT THE GREEN RIVER JUNCTION

    (Main highway through barren fields, and buttes, in the distance.)
    (Main highway through buttes.)

    HWY. US 191
    SOUTH FROM 1-70 TO     MOAB

    (Highway through barren fields, mountains in the background.)
    LOTS OF MILES OF SINGLE LANE.
    NO PLACE TO PASS WHEN IT IS PACKED WITH TOURIST
    ON THE LONG WEEKEND
    (Highway through barren fields, buttes in the background.)

    (Highway through barren fields, buttes in the background.)
    (Highway, buildings to the side, buttes in the background.)
    MOAB AIRPORT.

    (Highway approaching buttes.)
    (Highway approaching buttes.)

    (Highway through buttes.)
    DOWN THE HILL INTO MOAB.
    (Highway through buttes.)
  • (Roadside sign, Arches Nat. Pk.) City of Moab

    (Highway, buildings to the side, snow capped mountains in the background.)
    SOUTH FROM MOAB.
    (Highway, buildings to the side, snow capped mountains in the background.)

    (Highway, buildings to the side, snow capped mountains in the background.)
    (Highway, buildings to the side, snow capped mountains in the background.)

    (Highway, downhill, through buttes.)
    DOWN THE HILL TO HOLE `N THE ROCK.
    ABOUT 12 MI. SOUTH OF MOAB.
    (Highway, downhill, through buttes.)
  • (Jeep made of license plates.) Hole 'n the Rock

    Panorama of the main building built into the rock
    A SOUVENIR SHOP AND RESIDENCE, FORMERLY A DINNER CLUB
    CLICK HERE FOR A MORE THOROUGH WEBSITE FOR HOLE `N THE ROCK.

    HWY. US 191
    SOUTH FROM HOLE `N THE ROCK TO MONTICELLO.

    (Highway through barren desert, snow capped mountains in the background.)
    (Highway through barren desert, barren hills in the background.)

    (Highway through barren buttes.)
    (Highway through barren desert, barren buttes in the background.)

    (Highway through barren desert, barren buttes in the background.)
    (Highway through barren buttes.)

    Vista of desert mountains covered with snow
    (Photo `05) Just South of `Hole in the Rock. About 20 Miles South of Moab.

    More desert and mountains
    A close up of the above picture.

    (Highway through barren desert, barren buttes, and snow capped mountains, in the background.)
    (A lone butte.)

    (A lone butte.)
    (Highway through barren desert, barren buttes in the background.)

    (Highway through barren desert, entering a community.)
    WELCOME TO MONTICELLO.
    (Highway between buildings.)
    JUST AHEAD, AND TO THE RIGHT,
    AT THE MAIN INTERSECTION, IS A NICE, LITTLE,
    TRUCK STOP, WITH LOTS OF PARKING.

    HWY. US 666
    EAST FROM MONTICELLO TO     COLORADO.

    (Highway between buildings, snow on shoulders.)
    (Highway between buildings, snow on shoulders.)
    GOOD BYE MONTICELLO

    (Highway through fields and farms, snow capped mountains in the background.)
    (Highway through fields and farms, snow capped mountains in the background. Weigh scale on the left.)
    POE,
    HWY. 666 STATE OF UTAH.

    (Highway through fields and farms, snow capped mountains in the background.)
    (Highway through fields and farms, snow capped mountains in the background.)
    SO LONG UTAH.
    SEE YOU NEXT TRIP.

    HWY. US 191
    NORTH FROM MONTICELLO TO MOAB.

    Vista of desert mountains covered with snow
    (Photo `05) Just NORTH OF MONTICELLO THERE IS A SMALL WIDE SPOT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WITH A SWEEPING VISTA.
    I IMAGINE, THE VIEW FROM THE DECK OF THE HOUSE MUST BE SPLENDIFEROUS.

    (Downhill, side hills covered with mesquite, snow capped mountain in the background.)
    (Downhill, side hills covered with mesquite, snow capped mountain in the background.)

    (Highway through barren desert, a barren butte and a snow capped mountain in the background.)
    (Highway through barren desert, a barren butte (closer) and a snow capped mountain in the background.)
    AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS BUTTE IS A HOLE.
    MANY PEOPLE HAVE GONE INSIDE
    THERE IS LITTLE PARKING AND IT IS A SHORT HIKE,
    SO I DIDN'T GO.

    (Downhill, side hills covered with mesquite, snow capped mountain in the background.)
    (Highway through barren desert, a butte to one side and snow capped mountains in the background.)

    (A long butte with mesquite covered slope at the bottom.)
    (A long butte with mesquite covered slope at the bottom.)
    CABINS, JUST SOUTH OF HOLE `N THE ROCK,
    NESTLED AMONGST THE MESQUITE.
  • (Jeep made of license plates.) Hole 'n the Rock

    (Highway through barren desert, a butte to one side and snow capped mountains in the background.)
    (Highway through barren desert, coming to buildings.)
    WELCOME TO MOAB.
  • (Roadside sign, Arches Nat. Pk.) City of Moab

    HWY. US 191
    NORTH FROM MOAB TO HWY. I-70.

    (Highway through buttes, climbing.)
    LEAVING MOAB
    (Highway through desert, passing buttes.)

    Vista of desert, horizon of buttes

    (Highway through desert, buttes in the background.)
    APPROACHING 1-70.
    THOUGH STILL MILES AWAY
    YOU CAN SEE THE EAST BOUND TRAFFIC,
    (Highway through desert, freeway junction, buttes in the background.)
    CRESCENT JUNCTION, NO SERVICES, BUT LOTS OF PARKING.

    HWY. I-70
    WEST FROM HWY. US 191 TO HWY. US 6.

    (Highway through desert, buttes in the background.)
    (Highway through desert, freeway junction, buttes in the background.)
    TURN OFF TO HWY. 6.

    HWY. US 6
    NORTH WEST FROM HWY. I-70 TO HWY. I-15.

    (Highway through barren desert, barren buttes in the background.)
    (Highway through barren desert, a barren butte.)

    (Downhill, through barren desert, snow capped mountain in the background.)
    I THINK, THIS IS APPROACHING THE TOWN OF CARBON.
    (Highway through buildings, snow capped mountains in the background.)
    I THINK, THIS IS THE TOWN OF WELLINGTON.

    (Highway through buttes, buildings on left.)
    I THINK, THIS IS THE COMMUNITY OF SPRING GLEN.
    (Highway through buttes, buildings on right.)
    I THINK, THIS IS APPROACHING THE COMMUNITY OF HELPER.

    (Highway through barren desert, snow on the field, a snow capped mountain in the background.)
    STARTING THE CLIMB TO SOLDIER SUMMIT.
    (Highway through mountain, climbing.)

    (Highway through mountain, climbing past rock face.)
    (Highway through mountains, a snow capped mountain in the background.)

    (Highway through field of snow.)
    SOLDIER SUMMIT.
    (Downhill, hillsides coved with snow.)
    STARTING DOWN TO SLC.

    HWY. I-15
    NORTH FROM HWY. US 6 TO SLC (Salt Lake City)

    (Freeway through buildings, snow capped mountains in the background.)
    (Freeway through buildings, smog in the background.)

    (Freeway through freeways, overpasses.)
    (Freeway through buildings, snow capped mountains in the background.)

    (Freeway through buildings, snow capped mountains in the background.)
    (Freeway through buildings and fields, snow capped mountains in the background.)
    LEAVING SLC, NORTH ON I-15.

    END

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