We left Salt Lake City and started making our way to Moab,Ut for a much needed 3 day pitstop. I wasn't expecting to see much on the route there but boy was I pleasantly surprised when we took a quick drive through the small town of Helper,Ut. Butch Casidy used to frequent this small mining town. Helper derived it's name becauseTrains traveling westward from the Price side to the Salt Lake City side of the plateau required additional "helper" engines in order to make the steep (2.4% grade) 15-mile (24 km) climb up Price Canyon to the town of Soldier Summit. Helper was named after these helper engines,[8] which the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad stationed in the city.
Tomorrow we explore a bit of Arches and Deadhorse Overlook Point.
IPhone 8+ images.
Talk about a blast from the past!
Nice pictures, but I thought this was a current trip, not one from the 1950s.
jerryc41 wrote:
Nice pictures, but I thought this was a current trip, not one from the 1950s.
Ha, yeah we did a bit of Time Traveling in Hurter. LOL
We just did this route on Tuesday and Wednesday and you nailed it!
Great shots. Did you get one of those 50 cent rooms?
Who cares about 50 cent rooms, I want an Orange Crush. Another really great set
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