day nine
START
Wendover, UT
DISTANCE
309 mi
END
Boise, ID
WEATHER
100°F and sunny
LODGING
Sleep Inn, in between two Best Westerns
SONG OF THE DAY
observations from the field
Starbucks @ Golden Nugget Casino, Wendover, UT 9:30 AM
Smelled Ben-Gay, decay, and cigarettes. Sounded like Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls just want to have fun”. The atmosphere was laden with sadness.
CashOut at Smith's Grocery, Wendover, UT 9:40 AM
We spend 50 dollars a piece for our USFRA (Utah Salt Flats Racing Association) memberships. We’re granted admittance to the Salt Flats and walk across the hallowed grounds of speed.
Bonneville Salt Flats, UT 10:00 AM
Met Doug Hendrickson on the Salt Flats. From Tillamook, OR, Doug has spent the last 30 years on a mission to break the land speed record for non-jet propelled vehicles by 100 miles an hour. This goal, 550, is emblazoned on the side of their car.
Bonneville Salt Flats, UT 10:14 AM
Yonder experiences and will be forced to deal with a non-consensual up-short sunburn brought on by the salts reflective ferocity.
Bonneville Salt Flats, UT 10:32 AM
Salt Flats-functional headwear evaluation is assessed by sizing increments measured in feet rather than inches.
Bonneville Salt Flats, UT 10:45 AM
Due to the Salt Flats' granular top-soil consistency, 4-wheel drive becomes necessary to maintain traction when reaching speeds above 350 miles per hour (hard science has yet to determine the precise speed at which the traction gains becomes negligible).
Bonneville Salt Flats, UT 11:37 AM
Wells, NV 2:00 PM
The day’s low point: looking up snow blindness while on the commode in a public restroom in a Flying J travel plaza on the corner of Interstate 80 and the Great Basin Highway in Wells, NV.
Boise, ID 7:00 PM
Observed a uniform collection of cyclists participating in a pointed competition of strength and will. This lively group of enthusiasts cast aside comfort in their pursuit of self-satisfaction and they eschew national tradition by turning right at each one of the course’s four corners. In depth studies of this phenomena may be found at manualforspeed.com in the coming weeks.
GEOPACKAGE COORDINATES – THIS GEOPACKAGE HAS BEEN FOUND
LATITUDE / LONGITUDE
41°47'29" N 114°44'15" W
NEAREST TOWN
Wells, NV
RELATED ROADS
Great Basin Highway
GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF AREA
NOTE: THIS GEOPACKAGE IS PLACED LAWFULLY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
Drive to the abandoned hot spring bathing building (through the gate and past the main building). Walk into the AHSBB and facing away from the highway, walk to the left and to the northern bathing stall. Look down for Geopackage #9. Please leave the land better than you found it.
In your attempt to retrieve this Geopackage, please refer to the proper protocol regarding recovery. Of the upmost importance is to email us: [email protected] as soon as possible after finding your Geopackage.
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