Day 3: Scary drive in Utah

November 8th, 2005

By the time we finished our Sunset photography tour at Arches National Park, the sky quickly turned to dark. Knowing that the night drive in the mountain won’t be, we didn’t explore any good food options on our way to Torrey Utah - a riverfront restaurant near the town of Green River is good enough for us.

We switched the driver after the dinner, I took the wheel and set the cruise control to 85 mph, sure this sounds easy, but soon after I was on the road, I realized that I was the only one driving on I-70, luckily my exit Utah state highway 24 is the next. It was such a big relief after taking the exit but soon I realized things just got worse, I was still the only one on the road and there wasn’t any light next to the road. It was cloudy so really the sky is pitch black to me, the SUV headlight couldn’t light too far. The constant unchanging traffic pattern (the road was really straight) and same dark surroundings made me believe I must taking the circles – it just never ended! Indeed this was freaky, during the whole drive of 100 miles, I didn’t pass anyone nor did anyone passed me!

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