Sad to say Baker was closed for winter. Plenty of cars and trucks parked around the place but nothing open. Detoured to visit an archaeological site where ruins had been discovered. The site was used by the Fremont people. I have included a photo below.
Then it was off to Border, a gas station come restaurant, come motel come gambling casino WOW what a mouthful. Got a Highway 50 "T" shirt. Yea!!!
Then onto to Delta, Utah. Brought lunch then checked out Topaz site memorial site. During WW2 12000 Japanese - American people were interned without any legal regress for about 3 years. This was one of 10 sites. In total 120,000 people were interned. Sad, very sad. But it raises the question. What did we New Zealanders do to people like this during WW2 . Guess what. No picnic tables. Just strong cool wind. While there we witnessed the ultimate in tourism. A bus of elderly people drove up. First one side of the bus parked outside the information boards, then the bus turned around to let the other side see them. Without leaving their seats.
Drove back to Delta, gassed up and moved on. Drove highway 6 through Eureka, Utah. Another dying mining town. Got on to I-15, then hit Hwy 6 again and down to Price. Arrived just after dark.
Ate out. Memo to self, don't believe the information online about restaurants. The pictures paint incredible food. However, the reality is far less than that.
End of story.
PS. For the past 2 or 3 days we have been monitoring a storm which is meant to bring snow. To date this has not happened. To date this has not happened. In fact the temp got to 15 degrees today. But, the wind was strong (not Wellington strength, but windy and cool). Note tomorrow we will drive through Wellington, Utah.
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