13th day ~ Casper, WY -> Salt Lake City, UT

Today we leaving the hotel in the morning and heading towards Independence Pock & Devil's Gate, the bus will arrive via the National Grass Land and pass through the Mormon Pioneer Oregon Trail then back to Salt Lake City.

Independence Rock (965 miles west) — Independence Rock was one of the trail's best known and most anticipated landmarks. Many emigrants carved their names on the rock; many of these carvings are still visible today. The emigrants sometimes celebrated their arrival at this landmark with a dance. Devil's Gate, a gorge on the Sweetwater River.



Devil's Gate (970 miles west) — Devil's Gate was a narrow gorge cut through the rocks by the Sweetwater River. A small fort was located at Devil's Gate, which was unoccupied in 1856 when the Martin Handcart Company was rescued. The rescuers unloaded unnecessary equipment from the wagons so the weaker handcart emigrants could ride. A group of 19 men, led by Daniel W. Jones stayed at the fort over the winter to protect the property.



* All information and pictures are taken from Wikipedia.

~ This post scheduled before my trip, my photos will share with you later.

~ UPDATED ~

Here sharing with you the photos that I took at Independence Rock.

At first I was nervous to climb up, but after that I did it!! Yeah!! (^.^)


The view from the top.






Picture with the Mormons.