Day 19 Snowville to Willard

We had an early start today, 7 AM. We started climbing right away, about 800' over 20 k (12 mi), but it wasn't bad. We had nice fresh pavement on the I84.

We passed by the ATK rocket building plants. The bldgs were laid out over 10 k at least. Set against the hills to the left (the Wasatch Mountain range). Wonder what's going on inside the hills. Bet SMERSH would like to know!

As we are very near the Great Salt Lake, we passed by some ponds and salt patches. It smelled a little like the ocean. Later we came by some marshland. There was more agriculture happening as we got closer to the town of Corrine.

At Brigham, around 11, we stopped at the grocery store. They had chocolate milk on sale, only .59 each. May as well get two (each). Not the low fat stuff either. We drank one in the parking lot, then went to the grassy area across the street for our sandwich and the other choc milk. After getting on the bikes again, we agreed that one choc milk is enough.

Brigham City has a nicely tree lined entrance with some neat brick houses. There are also fruit orchards, fruit stands, a couple of drive-in restaurants along the way, and a nice looking main street (pic). Pop 18,000

We arrived at Willard State Park at 11:45 and found our way to the group area. It's a nice spot here. Today makes up for yesterday. A nice ride and nice place to stay, and no head wind to speak of.

Bottom line: 108 k (65 mi), 4:05 ridng time out of 4;45 trip, avg speed 26.9 kph (16.2 mph)

btw, the flat totals for the group have dropped to less than 10 per day from 20 plus. No more goat heads here?