Our visit to Golden Spike National Historical Park was a long time in coming. It had been on our bucket list for a while, and was actually on our itinerary in 2021 when we took an extended trip to Idaho to enjoy a number of the state’s many biking trails. Back then, our scheduled visit to Golden Spike was preempted by the first inter-mountain snow storm of the year in the Rockies. Instead of stopping in Utah for our planned visit to the Historical Park, we continued on our way east, trying to stay one step ahead of the storm – and just barely managing to do so. Luckily, there was no snow in the forecast this September, and we not only marked Golden Spike as a completed bucket list item, but also re-scheduled our meet up with Chris Mamula, a fellow blog author who writes over at Can I Retire Yet. A three year delay wasn’t exactly to our liking, but better late than never.
