Old Man Thompson's Tree

Old man E.W. Thompson owned a sawmill near the springs at Book Cliffs, and the county was prime for cattle shipped to nearby San Juan and Grand Counties. That's about all it took to name Thompson Springs Utah, another fast-fading ghost town off of I-70 and proud home to a miniscule Amtrack Station.

Three Day's Distance: 13.00 miles

Total Distance Covered: 696.34 miles

Thompson Springs, Utah

I'm proud to announce that we're only thirty miles from the Colorado border, where i intend to dedicate a fair amount of attention to my home state of four years. Not that i'm sick of reading about fur trappers named "Old Solitaire" or anything.