Traveling in Utah!

This morning, we woke up to a light rainfall on our tent at about 6 am. We both got a little paranoid and decided to get up right away and start packing our things. The rain ended up letting up a few minutes later ... Only to come down even harder half an hour later! But, we were able to enjoy an amazing sunrise and some oatmeal. 

Huge thanks to our friend Matt who suggested we buy a bug pesticide sprayer! I thought Michael was crazy when he said it was necessary, but we use it so often to wash dishes, spray off dirt, and even wash our faces when we're at a free, deserted campground!

We left a little after 9 and we took a scenic bypass route towards our original destination, Cedar City. 

Even though it made our drive an hour longer, it was completely worth it! It was absolutely gorgeous and filled with mountainsides of aspen and pine, where log cabins were nestled all over.

And we ended up seeing three does and one elk! Of those, a pair of them leaped across the road only 100 FT ahead of us, and another doe was right beside the road and we got pretty panicked we were going to hit it! But we didn't :)

We even saw Bryce Canyon which is hidden right at the top of the mountains! It was gorgeous and huge!

A few hours later, we made it to Provo, Utah to enjoy some $1 chili dogs from Sonic. 

And we finally reached Salt Lake City! We parked in the downtown area and rode our bikes to Temple Square!

It was almost 100 degrees that day and it was definitely not what we expected! But, any day and weather is a great day to get a bike ride in :)

Michael was watching the Travel Channel the day before we left, and he had the great idea to look up good place to eat while we were traveling. We went to Bruges Waffles & Frites and got the Machine Gun sandwich! It's a huge sandwich that has 2 pieces of juicy lamb sausage and their signature seasoned fries inside the sandwich, and topped with a red pepper aeioli sauce! The sauce was to die for!!! And one of the best sandwiches we've ever had!

Afterwards, we were directed to a local brewery called Squatters! It had so much atmosphere and we had some refreshing beers! It's "good for what ales you."

After sitting and talking for a while, we headed back to our car, disassembled our bikes to pack up, and headed on to Logan, Utah!

We both decided we really like Logan. It has a small town feeling, but is actually a city right next to mountainous areas and lakes! We set up camp (at what we originally thought was a free site, but ended up paying to stay and get some firewood for the night) and had a great night! (Also, I'm pretty sure we were right next to a rabbit hole because we saw so many little bunnies playing!)

We were also so hot and sticky (gross... we know) and after finding out it cost $12 per person to shower at a truck stop, we went and found a creek near our campsite while biking around! So, being us, we rode back to our campsite in the dark, grabbed swimsuits, and went to cool off in the freezing creek! It was so shallow we had to do push ups in it, but we got completely rinsed off :)

That day, we drove 415 miles and averaged 38 MPG.