A hike to the airway marker near Lakepoint.

We headed out and braved the 50+ mph winds yesterday to hike up to the airway marker that was used to guide airmail pilots nearly 100 years ago.  We got to see a train go by, birds, and lots of geology.  Skyler was so thrilled with the marker that when he came home he made a drawing of the marker.

This train surprised us, we had just parked the truck on the gravel and BOOM!  It was there!  No horn or noise prior to it passing.

Skyler posing in front of the slow moving train.

DPU on the rear.  It was really working hard going up the hill.

Playing train as we crossed the tracks.

The wind gave us quite a boost walking uphill.

The marker.  Right leg was for pilots coming from LA, left leg was from San Francisco, arrowhead was  pointed to SLC.

On the arrow.

Panoramic view.  It was hard to get a good pano with the strong winds.

Piece of the tower that held the beacon.

Glass from the beacon.

Hound dog had a good time despite the wind.