California Trail

A 30 mile dirt road from Alma, ID took us through the high desert to the Utah border on a section of the old California Trail. We didn’t see a single vehicle, gold miner heading west for fortune or a family with their covered wagon seeking a better life, but we did pick up a new batch of dust and experience the quiet desolation of the high desert these hardy people walked across.

Miles of sage brush in all directions.
The Wee Rover was very excited to place her wheels where covered wagon wheels had rolled before.
The eerie silence of the high desert. Imagine walking across this hour after hour, day after day…hoping the reports of fresh water and shade ahead were accurate.

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