Trip through Utah, Idaho, and Oregon

Photos and Notes from Day 8, Saturday, June 25


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Today, we rode out of Utah and into Idaho.  Starting in Provo, we chose to bypass Salt Lake City, having both of us been there before and not wanting to spend the time.

Along the way, we found a tiny railroad museum in Brigham City, Idaho.  A passenger station built in 1907 and a caboose.  We also stopped at a little cafe, Bert's. Carol asked the waitress how long she had worked there.  About three years.  Her best friend's grandmother owns the place and her grandmother is her real good friend.  Throwback to simpler times when getting a job did not mean filling out an application.

We later stopped in another little cafe, Mollie's, in a no-name place about 75 miles east of Burley, Idaho.  Some pie, some coffee and some milk.  All good.  The waitress was a delight.  She drives from just outside of Burley to her job, which she loves, each day. A round tin of chewing tobacco in her back pocket.


Brigham City Railroad Museum

Original station ticket window

Bert's, serving Brigham
since 1929


Mollie's roadside diner

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