I began heading west on 2100 South. Tooele is 30 miles from Salt Lake so I needed some nice scenery. It turned out to be a pretty good day for clouds on the freeway.
I stopped at this LDS chapel and had a look at the view from the parking lot.
My first destination was the Dairy Delight.
It seemed like the perfect small town traditional burger joint. But I didn't eat there. First of all, they charge for extra fry sauce and secondly, I stood at the counter for several minutes waiting for service and it seemed like I was invisible. So I left. I still might come back another time but this round I'm passing. I ended up eating at American Burgers.
The dining area was small but comfortable.
At first, I thought this might be a national franchise that I haven't heard of yet...it isn't. American Burgers is in the vein of Crown burger and Apollo Burger - two Utah home grown franchises. I have two reason for this opinion. First of all, I had the feature Burger. It was a double bacon cheeseburger with pastrami. It looked like a Crown burger, made like a Crown burger and it tasted just like a Crown Burger. And secondly, they had a large selection of Greek food on their menu which is also something you typically see at a Crown burger-like establishment. It was good and all. I ate so fast, I forgot to take a photo of it. Just not very original for a Salt Lake person.
I did take a photo of my hot fudge shake.
Places like this always brag about their shakes. It was pretty good. I liked the amusing little fudge swirl they put on top.
It was then time to go cloud hunting. These are the ones I wanted. I got this photo right across the street from American Burger. I wanted to find a more open shot. So I began driving west.
So here's where I ended up - a dead end. Still, it could possible be a good spot for photo except for one thing.
I ended up right next the old Tooele City Water reclamation plant - in other words, it's an old sewage facility. It has been abandoned for quite some time. I wasn't able to find much info about it other than the fact that it's an eye sore. I went ahead and took my photo anyway.
Not a bad photo if you ignore the old sewage pool on the left.
On the way back to main street, I stopped and got this much more satisfying shot from a vacant pasture area. It made it so my sewer plant excursion was not in vain.
I was now ready to see what kind of donuts the local Tooele residents feast upon. It wasn't far from where I was. Nigh Time Donuts & Bagels
I couldn't tell you how good the donuts were because the establishment had closed at 3:00 p.m. I had spent too much time wandering around old sewer plants and now it was 4:00. Rats! Maybe, I'll give them a try them on another visit.o
I still needed a good place to see what the clouds looked like in Tooele. I drove to the South end of town and picked a random street to head back on. The street was Coleman and it was exactly what I was looking for.
The cloud cover was perfect. And there were plenty of openings between the houses to see the clouds in the back ground.
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I followed Coleman as far as I could. I was enjoying the street so much I would have followed it all the way to the lake.
I could see a T in the road ahead and it looked like Coleman was unfortunately coming to an end. I turned around and took a photo of my southern journey which was also a treat.
I also got a photo of the housing community to the west. This is the kind of view I'm talking about.
When I got to the end of Coleman, it was quite amusing what I saw to the left.
It was the old Tooele Water reclaimation plant again. I had come full circle.
I was happy with my photos and was ready to head back. I did see some nice things on the way back. But I've got so much stuff on this one, that'll have to be another post.
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