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One of the fun things that we do is just jump on a road and see where it takes us.  We usually don't have a map so we try to be sure that we are on state roads that pass through towns frequently enough for us to gas up when needed.  So this afternoon, after an unsuccessful job interview, my daughter and I decided to go on an "adventure."  We headed up the canyon behind Kennecott Copper Mine.  Let me tell you, it was way exciting!  There were switch-backs and roads that were only one lane.  The road climbed very quickly and the cliffs were a long way down!  My daughter was glad that she was on the mountain side rather than the cliff side.  However, looking out over the gourge was breath-taking!  Eventually we got high enough that the clouds were sitting on the car.  We could put our hands out and touch the clouds.  It was so awesome!  They were cool and wet. 

On one switch-back a car came around the corner pretty fast and we were very glad that we were going slow!  It took a few minutes for our hearts to slow down!  We went around the last switch-back and suddenly found ourselves at the top of the mountain.  We didn't want to go back down the way we had come because it was so winding and narrow.  Fortunately for us, there were 3 young men that were getting ready to go for a day hike and they told us that we could continue on a road they pointed out that would take us back to the valley and to Tooele.  By the time we got down the mountain, my daughter said that I looked pretty frazzeled. 

But the scenery was so beautiful!  There were trees so thick that we couldn't see through them.  They were green and lush and so many different shades of green!  I was afraid that the clouds would be thick enough that I wouldn't be able to see that road and that would have been disasterous because there was no room for mistakes but they were thin enough that we were fine.  The lower we got on the mountain, the thiner they got, until we could just see them sitting on the mountain tops.  It was an exciting afternoon to be able to find a way over the mountain instead of around it.  However, I believe that it is probably much faster to go around and certainly not as hair-raising.  For an adventure it was great fun but I don't think that I would suggest it for a daily commute!