Wednesday July 3rd

We rise and shine at 6.30. The floor of the tent was not flat this night, so only one half of the sleeping area was used.

Dirk is very busy working on the Model T. We will go full speed today!

01 Dirk at model T

To get back on our route we have to drive 8 miles off road. Dirk-jan is driving the Model T down the mountain. A nice piece of steering!

02 Dirk-jan off road

Today Petra and driver Joris form the Land Rover team. The Model T team consists of Inge, Trudy, driver assistent Dirk and driver Dirk-jan.

03 teams

The Land Rover really looks like a rover today. Dirk put the garbage in front of one of it’s eyes.

04 Pirate car

Dirk feels comfortable sitting next to his daughter in law at the backseat of the Model T. Now the only thing he needs is a cigar and a newspaper…

05 Dirk on back seat

We are driving the 72 North. A very nice road with amazing scenic views.

06 scenic view

After the 72 we enter the 10. The landscape is emptier and there are a lot of gray mountains. Such a difference with all the colourful landscapes we had before! However there are many hidden treasures here. There are lots of trucks and trains with coals. We have to wait long before a slow train with 7 locomotives passed.

07 train

There also appears to be oil in the grey ground. We see a lot of oil pumps along the road.

08 oil pumps

In the afternoon a strong wind and rain comes up. The raincoats were put on. The rain and wind doesn’t bother the Model T.

09 drive trough rain

The landscape becomes more colourful again. We see some green spots.

10 green and sand

According to the map we should find a campground, but we didn’t see it along the road.

The cows can walk free here. When they want to cross the road they look at you and then still just cross over.

10 green and sand

The steering wheel of the Model T lasts for more than 30.000 km now, you can see that very well.

12 steering wheel

When we arrive in Duchesne we ask for a campground. The women we asked drives us to a campground, so kind!

At 18.30 we arrive on the campground at the Starvation Lake. This used to be a valley with a village including a church and a post office. The government bought this in the 70’s and flooded it.

13 Campsite

We build up the tent and cook dinner.

14 Tent

15 Cooking

We drove 264 km today and are in the neighbourhood of Salt Lake City. Tomorrow we will drive through Ashley National Forest going north.