USA road trip – Boneville, Antelope island…

Po San Franciscu je bil pravi road trip šele pred nami. Nacionalni parki so bili še vedno zaprti in nihče ni vedel koliko časa bo vse skupaj še trajalo. Zato smo se proti vzhodu podali z mešanimi občutki. Najprej je bila na vrsti 10 urna vožnja od Oaklanda pa vse do Boneville salt flats. Pokrajina na poti se je spreminjala iz kilometra v kilometer, zato je vse skupaj minilo dokaj hitro. Ponoči smo tako prispeli v edino mesto poleg slanih ravnic, ki se glede na videno, preživlja le z igralništvom. Drugača pa je Boneville znan predvsem v moto svetu – tu potekajo svetovno znane dirke v podiranju hitrostnih rekordov. No, mi rekordov nismo postavljali, smo pa uživali v res noro lepi pokrajini. Priporočamo. Še isti dan smo nadaljevali s potjo do Antelope island state parka in se srečali z našimi dobrimi prijatelji iz Idaha, s katerimi smo ostali v stikih vse od našega skupnega potepanja po Vietnamu. Antelope state island je kraj, kjer lahko poleg res lepe pokrajine uživaš tudi v bližnjem srečanju z nekaj 100 ameriškimi bizoni, ki se prosto sprehajajo po otoku. Ko ga zagledaš prvič le nekaj metrov od avta težko ostaneš ravnodušen. In pozno popoldan istega dne je nepričakovano prišla novica, da bo država Utah za teden dni na lastno pest sponzorirala odprtje svojih nacionalnih parkov. Veselje je bilo nepopisno in takoj naslednji smo nadaljevali s potjo do Arches national park – o tem pa v naslednjem postu.

After our stay in San Francisco the real road trip began. National parks were still closed and no one knew how much time will it take to open them. So we continued to east with mixed feelings. First we took the long 10 – hour drive from Oakland all the way to Boneville Salt Flats. The landscape on the way changed from kilometer to kilometer, and the trip passed fairly quickly. We arrived at night in the only place near the salt flats, that was just another place, living from gambling. Otherwise, the Boneville is primarily known in moto world – here are held the world-famous races in breaking speed records. Well, we did not breake any record, but we enjoyed the amazing landscape. We recommend it. The same day we continued our way to Antelope Island State Park and met our good friends from Idaho, with whom we stayed in touch from our trip around Vietnam. Antelope Staten Island is the place where you can enjoy in really beautiful landscapes and in close encounters with more than 100 American bisons that are freely wandering the island. When you see them for the first time just a few meters from the car it ‘s difficult to stay indifferent. The same day in the late afternoon we got the news that we were waiting for so long – the State of Utah opened the national parks of Utah for a week. The joy was indescribable and the next day we immediately continued our planned route to Arches National Park – all about that in the next post.