It took approximately 8 hrs straight up highway 191 from the 40 before we finally arrived at Arches in Utah. Let us just say that, since it was the longest continuous route thus far, there was a lot of room for unusual happenings, and there were a few.
First of all, it was already about 9 or 10pm before we even reached the 191 so it was very dark and it’s a rather desolate highway with only a single lane running each way for practically the whole length of it. Lots of rolling hills that we could barely see and plenty of bats, one of which was clever enough to smack right into the passenger side windshield. But we think it’s okay.
The most startling of these happenings, however, occurred just after we crossed the Arizona border into Utah. Adam had been driving with his high-beams on for good measure but had to keep switching them off for on-coming traffic. So he just left them off for a while, but soon forgot they were off. Trista was almost asleep and Adam was a little drowsy himself. We drove through a remote intersection that was only slightly lit up and surrounded by fields and a tiny gas station. As we passed through the street lights and into darkness once again, very suddenly, and faintly in the headlights, appeared a gray horse directly in our path!!! Adam gasped really loud and slammed on the brakes immediately and swerved into the opposite lane to miss it. Trista woke up instantly and we both watched the horse taking its sweet time crossing to the side of the road. Whew! We couldn’t believe what had just happened. Adam knows what his heart tastes like now.
The rest of the evening we were both extremely paranoid. Later on, when our headlights reflected a deer’s eyes back at us by the side of the road, it gave us both another good scare. In these bloggers’ opinions, driving at night is for the birds (or the bats).
Whew, another close call. And, you're a long way from West Virginia, but that's OK, we get the point. Nice little video.
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