Today was a short day, as we traversed just 518 miles, bringing the trip total to 1,846 miles. We have just 420 miles left between us and Sacramento, Cali., and while Reno's in the mix between here and there, I think after our 'success' at the slots today, we may just stop for food.
We shot for a short day today because we were dealing with the mountains, potential adverse weather conditions and, well, it's the third day of miles-upon-miles in a car. We needed a break.
In actuality, the mountains came and went in similar fashion to past scenery's (the Escort struggled a bit with some of the slow climbs of 1,000+ ft. that lasted over a few miles). As for the weather, it has been gorgeous (sunny, warm and breezy with only a few spits of rain here and there). And yes, we needed less stressful day (but we will make it!).
Here are some snapshots:
The scenery in Wyoming/Utah/Nevada puts the previous states to shame.
Add the Great Salt Lake to the list of notable bodies of water we have seen this trip.
When there is a Great Salt Lake around, there is also the remnants of the body of water after all of the H2O has evaporated. The Great Salt Desert spans the last 40 miles of Route 80 in Wyoming heading towards Nevada, and when you are in the middle of it, you might as well have been the face of the moon (I'm not kidding, there's a NASA training center in the area so they must get the same feeling too). There was nothing, nothing, nothing for miles.
Another one for the 'What the Heck?' file. This was in the middle of the above Great Salt Desert. There was no place to park and look at it, no label, no signs alerting us to it coming up. This 'ball tree' (that's my best description) simply just appeared for no reason. My dad and I once again agreed it's something some of these boring states do just so you have something to joke/talk about for the next 100 miles.
Why take a picture of the Utah/Nevada state line, when you can clearly see it be looking at where the casinos begin to spring up. It was amusing. There was a line on the pavement with state names on their respective sides. On the Utah side, gas stations and local food. On the Nevada side, casinos, casinos, hotels and casinos.
3 comments:
Glad to hear you're almost to Sacramento.
On a side note, I chuckled at "par" usual this morning. Both you and Tim say it.
Señor Wad:
Someday I'm sure I'll have that escort too. I talked to Mark and he said we're headed to San Francisco this summer so we will definitely hit up Sacramento since it is like only an hour and a half away.
why would you hate on utah ?? it's totally awesome there. plus, i get to drive along the great salt lake every day on my way to work.. like i'm not the luckiest girl on earth !!
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