September 10, Green River, WY

We stayed here August 22 on our way west. Tonight when we were checking in we talked with 7 people from Germany who are riding motorcycles to several of the National Parks in this part of the country. Most of them speak fluent English and two of them had a great sense of humor.

We came in from the east the last time and completely missed the beautiful rocks just west of town. We tried to eat in the same really good Mexican restaurant but they are closed on Mondays. That was fine because I had a very delicious fresh trout dinner.

While looking for a used book store in Ogden, UT, we drove past a train museum where we stopped. We drove through some wonderful mountains and followed the Transcontinental Railroad almost all the time today.

This is the front of the Union Station Museum in Ogden, UT. Note the quilt blocks all along the front. It was strange to see them because there was nothing in the museum to do with quilts or quilting. It had a Browning gun museum, an antique car museum, and a Transcontinental Railroad museum in the building and outside had several different engines and train cars.

Ed liked the 1929 Pierce Arrow. All the cars were in mint condition and several are driven in parades throughout the summer.

This is the hood ornament for the Pierce Arrow.

I had never seen a US Army Medic Car. I guess I never took time to think about it either. Now the wounded service personnel are flown home but in WW II they used trains a lot. This had everything inside this car that a small hospital would have and they used the steam from the locomotive to sterilize the bedpans and other equipment. It had a galley that could serve 200 people.

Girls, this town is really called Ogden, UT but I think I will call it "horse town". Remember the "chicken town" we drove through on the way to Uncle Jeff's house and all the chickens? Well, this town has painted horsed all around town. I think I liked this one best because it had ice cream cones on it.

Here is another of my favorite horses. They put them all around town for their 75th Pioneer Days Anniversary.

This is the big rock behind our motel. There are many more, mostly larger, west of town. There are also hills that have a green colored stone on them. We haven't been able to discover what that is.

This shows a train on the Union Pacific track which is on the same bed as the TC RR. In the foreground is the Green River. Most of the mountains around here are like these, without large rocks or boulders. I-80 is just behind my back.