A beehive, huh? Geeez...and I thought it was gonna be a story something like a Temple for some Grand Poobah and it was marking only the roads that led to Bee Mecca. I guess I let my imagination run a little to wild on that long drive.
Hey, a couple interesting things about Utah......on my way through we stopped in the growing metropolis of Salina, UT population of 5 I think. I gave the little chicky at the counter $60 bucks cash for gas, pumped $40, used their restroom and split. An hour down the road I realized my misfortune and felt worse than my buddy who left a hell of a lot more on the table in Mesquite, NV where we stayed the night before. I called via cell phone which I must admit is terribly spotty in that part of the world, and only got an answering machine with a non identifying greeting. I left a message anyway.
Enroute back through that area, I stopped in to say hi, almost a week later mind you. I saw the same little chicky at the counter and I explained my plight to which she whipped open the till and fetched up a crisp $20 and layed it in my deer blood stained hands! Yeah! I'm up $20 bucks on my buddy and the tables in Mesquite are several hours away! Honest folk there in Salina, UT. Had that been California, some Apu Nehasapeemapetalon would have told me to "pound sand". My partner suggested we try this at every other station we passed. Bad Idea.
Also, it was near dusk and just north of Beaver, UT on the west side of the I-15 I saw more Deer in the fields than I have in my entire life. We attempted to count them in groups. We were foiled somewhere in the hundreds. I swore it was a farm, the Deer were huge to boot. Next year we're puttin in for tags in that neighborhood. I'm sure we'll be done in about 10 minutes!
Btw, that twenty I got back in Salina went towards the $6 breakfast buffet at the Oasis Hotel / Casino. I don't gamble but I did get a nice shower and some much needed sleep while my partner came in late, broke, and had a headache when he woke up!