Since we had a long day planned, Yanmei suggested we start early. It sounded good to me, but I was skeptical about her because it was hard to get her out of bed by 10am yesterday, she's still a bit jet lagged from China. But she was up at 6:30am, traveling really energizes her. When I checked the weather I was shocked to see it was freezing (literally, it was 32F). I guess it cools off a lot at night at higher altitudes.
We went to the breakfast buffet when it opened at 7am, and had a big breakfast for the road. We hit the road at about 8:15am, and it had already warmed up to a nice 55F. I drove the first leg, about 1 hour the the Reno supercharger. I should have guessed, knowing Nevada, the charger was in the parking lot of the Atlantis casino, so you could play some blackjack or slots while waiting for your car to charge.
I didn't do that, but I did go inside to find the sundry shop, because both Yanmei and I forgot to bring toothpaste, or rather we each assumed the other would bring it.
After that it was Yanmei's turn to drive. She drove from Reno to Lovelock.
Since this is a road trip it needs some pictures of the road.
We also saw a dust spout.
We took turns driving, until finally we got to a town called West Wendover, which is on the border between Nevada and Utah. As we crested the hill and got our first look down into Utah we saw a huge salt flat. It seems like the border was drawn along the edge, the Nevada side has scrub and rocks, the Utah side salt flats.
After a long day we finally arrived in Tooele, Utah where Yanmei had booked us an Airbnb. Tooele is about 25 minutes from Salt Lake City, so our plan is to go there tomorrow morning and have a look around.
-David
California-Nevada-Utah
We had a long day today. We started from the border between California to Nevada to the east, crossed Nevada, finally arrived to Salt Lake City, UT.
3 words make me think about Nevada: gambling+silver rush +desolation
On our way cross Nevada, we saw a couple of signs like “Prison area, hitchhiking prohibited”. Also, we saw a group of cars on the other side with blinking lights on. What was it? We guess that must be cars carrying prisoners. What do you think?
Driving 6 hours at Nevada, we both realized this state is very special. First, We saw Casinos everywhere, even in a Food Mart, a small supermarket at gas station, they have several gambling machines there.
Looking at the landscape besides freeway, I asked David what is the word he is going to describe it. He told me “desolate”. “Is it like the combination of desert and isolation? “”Probably”. It is great to keep prisoners as it is hard for them to escape. No trees, no residents, no where to hide. But Nevada has a lot minerals, we saw some factories beside the road.
-Yanmei
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