Mountains to the east, Great Salt Lake to the west. In between is a narrow area of cities north of Salt Lake City. Ogden is the largest of these. I crossed northwards through Ogden and several others to reach Brigham City. The first 24 miles were mostly on the D&RGW rail trail. After that crossing the Ogden area and finishing the last 12 miles on US 89. It was a nice ride and not too difficult.

The Denver and Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) rail trail. This was a straight path (in contrast to the Jordan River Trail yesterday). Initially it went through open areas with no towns and thus no cross streets. However after half a dozen miles I came into more urban areas with a lot of cross streets. Many of them had push buttons to activate flashing lights. Cars were very good at stopping for those lights. It did mean however a lot of stopping and starting on the bike.

Wide open spaces.

This is the Ogden airport and after I left the rail trail. Mountains to the right…

A short section in Ogden was on the Webber River Parkway, a rather bumpy trail.

Ogden temple for the LDS church

It pays to live in Ogden…

Suburban streets through Pleasant View.

Last 12 miles was along US 89. Large four lane highway. Sometimes minimal shoulders but traffic was very good at moving over.

Fruit stand.

Another fruit stand…

Another fruit stand…

And another fruit stand …

Yet another fruit stand. I didn’t photograph them all but there were quite a few of these fruit stands in the last bit to Brigham City.

It was nice to have a second day crossing these cities with more trail riding as well. From here my route crosses over to the Snake River and an area without much in the way of towns. Tomorrow I expect to ride just a short distance before taking the following three days to cross. Weather forecast calls for rain tomorrow night and Friday morning so also an excuse for slightly shorter ride.