Our marathon driving days - or two of them anyway - are behind us. Today we drove 410 miles - from the west side of Nevada (Reno) to the east side (Wendover). At least it was interstate all the way. So this season we have managed to drive all the way down the east side (from Wendover to Las Vegas); all the way up the west side (from Las Vegas to Reno); and now all the way across the state. And just so you will know . . . it is DESOLATE & BARREN any direction you drive! About the only 'good' thing is that there is not a lot of traffic once you get out of Las Vegas.
We've paid as high as $5.19 a gallon for diesel. Roger about had a heart attack when we stopped in Tonnopah, NV and our gas tab was $154.00 to fill up! Who would have 'thunk' it! Remember when we all thought $3.50 a gallon was high?
We'll do the review here at Wendover tomorrow & then head east & north to Brigham City, UT. We're having to do some 'back tracking' to finish up in Utah, for after Brigham City, we drop south to pick up Panguitch, Cannonville & Glendale (in Zion Ntl Park/Bryce Canyon country) before heading back north to Moab, Vernal, Flaming Gorge & Bear Lake.
Then it will be onward & upward through Idaho and into Oregon. It will be really interesting to see just how many miles we end up driving this year.
We've had two new parks join the KOA system in California, so we may end up having to go back there at the end of our season. We'll just wait and see on that one. Having to do that will really add some miles - and days - as we finish our reviews in Billings, MT - hopefully late August/early September.
We've got three reviews done since getting back on the road, and we're getting 'back in the groove'. It was almost like starting a whole new season - Roger claims he's having to completely 'retrain' me! :>)
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