More serendipitous fun...

Today was a beautiful day, involving more of the serendipity that has characterized this trip, so far. Because we ended up staying in Mountain Home, ID, instead of Twin Falls as we had originally imagined we would do, we ended up yesterday in Ogden, UT instead of Provo. So, today, instead of spending a second day in Provo, as we had originally imagined, we are in Fillmore, UT.

This is a very quaint little burg of about 2,000 population. Little did we know that it was the first capital city of Utah. Brigham Young, governor of the Utah Territory in 1850, located the geographic center of the state and designated the area as the Territorial capital. In a shrewd political move, to ensure that the Territory was accepted by the U. S. government, Young named the county Millard and the town where the statehouse was erected Fillmore, after the sitting president.

The scenery on the drive here was breathtaking, as we rose to nearly 6,000 feet above sea level, surrounded by snow capped peaks. The town of Fillmore, which we expected to be a stopover on the way to Kanab and the "real" vacation sights, turns out to be full of history and charm. Click on the photo above to see a slide show of some of the sights we encountered today.