Left Roosevelt (founded 1905 and named after Theodore who once camped nearby!) heading West on US40 to Duchesne, then South on scenic byway 191. Coal mining and railroad historically important industries here. Passed through Helper (named after the second railway steam engine sometimes needed to help the first on steep terrain) and on to Price. Here we visited the College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum - very good, lots of genuine complete dinosaurs and individual bones, see photos 1 and 2. Photo 3 (with scale again) shows part of a petrified tree at the same museum. SW to Huntington, where we had to take a photo for Norman and Flo, aka Mr. & Mrs. Huntington! Stopped here for a sarnie. We then proceeded west up the very scenic Huntington Canyon, up across Skyline Drive, through a brief shower of rain, eventually descending to Fairview. We are overnighting at Nephi just off the I15.
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