Passing into Wyoming on US 30, from Garden City, Utah, took us into fossil country. We had not traveled this route previously and were surprised to come upon the Fossil Butte National Monument.
It is just a few miles from the highway to the visitor center at the foot of this huge butte that turns out to be rich with fish fossils. Large fish, small fish and peculiar fish. This is another one of those places to come back to with some hiking plans.
About 200 miles into Wyoming, we turned south on Wyoming 789 toward Baggs near the Colorado border. This took us through Carbon county, the heart of Wyoming coal country. There are undoubtedly more antelope here than people, and they watched us pass with some interest. This particular one was standing near the marker for the Overland Trail.
The Overland Stage Route
likely marked the high point of stagecoach travel across the west until the
transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869.
As we approached Baggs and the Colorado border, we encountered a massive traffic jam. Ahead in the distance we could see fire engines attending to some major problem.
When the local sheriffs patrol began routing traffic past the incident, we noticed that a car appeared to have melted down to knee-height.
We never did hear anything about the incident in local media.
The Colorado border was well marked and there are several scenic spots along the route.
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