Ely, Nevada

Packed up early yesterday morning and left Las Vegas by 8am.  Temperature was already 82, was going to be a scorcher there so we wanted to get on the road and north asap.  Unfortunately we were right in the middle of rush hour traffic for downtown LV and that was nerve wracking, maneuvering the truck and RV through.

The route we took was Route 93 which runs from Alaska to the Panama.  We traveled it for about a month last summer when we picked it up just outside Pocatelo, Idaho and followed it up into Montana.  And we will also follow this same route until we get to Twin Falls, Idaho.  Talk about sparse population.  We drove for many miles before we would see a mailbox.  Then as you scan to see the ranch/house - could not see anything but open meadow and range.  How do people live out there?  Must have to really plan their shopping visits for groceries, etc.  The area that I liked was called Lake Valley which runs between two mountain ranges - the Seaman Range and the Snake Range. We picked up a tall snow covered mountain way in the distance and for over an hour watched it get bigger in our view. Wheeler's Mountain which is right near Great Basin National Park and the Snake Range Mountains at 13,063 feet tall....we picked up the view for over 62 miles away.  Very pretty.

We are exactly half way between Salt Lake City which is to the east, Carson City to the west, Las Vegas south and Twin Falls, Idaho to the north.  Some things to do here, not sure how long we will stay.  Dave was very exhausted last night - drove 294 miles and his arms and hands were hurting from holding onto the steering wheel while driving through the mountain passes.  Day temps are high 70's and night time is low 40's.  Of course, we are also at 6,285 feet altitude.  Snow on the mountain ranges all around us.