Day 4 - Utah to Wyoming

Day 4 started off leisurely - you have to have some of those during your vacation. We slept in and even after heading north stopped for a Starbucks break. We thought we would get a glimpse of the Great Salt Lake but there were too many buildings and such in the way. In keeping with the nature of the trip we jumped back off the freeway not far north of Salt Lake City and were back on US-89 - yep the same road that goes through Page,AZ. The scenic route is definitely the way to go. It was so green and beautiful. We did a lot of up hill climbing and down hill coasting. As we got to the top of one rise we saw a sign for a scenic overlook and we figured it would be a good place to stretch legs - which it was but wow, what a view! Bear Lake. It is a huge and gorgeous lake. It was an incredible sight and unexpected (by me at least). As we traveled past the lake we passed into Idaho - State #3 for this trip. Idaho continued the progression into greener, lusher scenery. Our journey through Idaho was fairly short and then we were in Wyoming. We arrived in the small town of Afton Wy at around 5. We checked into our small family owned motel (corral out back) and were told about the spring which provides all of the water for the whole town. A short drive from our motel and then we were hiking along the stream in the quest for the source. It was an easy hike of about a mile and we came to the spot where one mountain stream met up with another. We hiked up a ways further and got to the waterfall where the water gushed out of the cliffside. There we got a huge suprise. Snow! It wasn't a huge amount but there was snow on the ground... no wonder it was so nice and cool. It was well worth the hike. Since the hostess of the motel had given us such a good recommendation on the hike we used her advice for dinner as well. It wrapped up the day nicely. Grand Tetons & Yellowstone tomorrow!