Gold Country Inn and Casino Elko

West Wendover is in Nevada.

Wendover is in Utah.

Really now, are there two states that could be more different? And they are neighbors?

What are the odds? Oh, to figure that you'd better make sure you're on the Nevada side of the border. :-)

Today we drove over 500 miles to northwest Nevada. I will never again complain about the ride to my sister Margaret's. Today's drive was mostly desert, scrub, more desert and more scrub. We left Pacifica/San Francisco where it was about 55 degrees and really foggy. Soon it was back to the desert and 90 degrees. Tomorrow we are scheduled to reach Yellowstone.

we woke up in Wyoming again, then cruised into Salt Lake City.

SLC was a place we planned on hitting. I always wanted to see the city and Vanessa saw a Diners, Drive Inns and Dives episode featuring the Mexican food of the Red Iguana, a Salt Lake favorite.

As we pulled in, the rain hit and continued. So instead of walking around the city, we drove around a bit before lunch. We ...

... looking up...
 

 Until we started the diesel and a HUGE cloud of white smoke started billowing out of the tailpipe!  Well, I was probably near despondent at that point, thinking that we would NEVER get out of Mammoth.  But Jim's dad swore that this was no problem and that it happens every time the engine got ...

... Elko, like almost all Nevada towns, are casino based. The whole state seems to get major revenues from gambling. Not my thing but a lot of people seem to enjoy it. I finally figured out how to upload photos into this travel blog. See the photo album for a sampling. We'll have more to upload Wednesday evening. 2,500 mile on the road so far, averaged 62 MPH today. Maria, your prayers are still working. Into Susanville, Calif tomorrow ...

Howdy, all Well, we made it yesterday, all of the lfight swere great EXCEPT Jim and Jodys luggage did not and hasnot arrived. Today we went to the Forum and Collasesium(sp) It is prety impressive. We now know why one says to trust your gut instinct and leave no stone unturned!! I will give you the answer when I get home...... Rome is smaller than i thought, we have walked almost every where we have gone. Even splurged on ice cream ...

Ok just testing this out for the BIG trip so thought I would let you know all systems are go .. Loading the suitcased tonight, tying up loose ends tomorrow and then we are off @5:30 am Saturday. Can't wait Oh and beautiful downtown Elko still looks the same watch for more scenic pictures after Saturday! When in Rome do as the Romans do right.... Jeannie

... sitting with a laptop and trying to get done as many things as we can before we hit the road again... I wonder if our dining is going to look like that during our entire trip: we enter the restaurant each of us with a black laptop case and instead of asking for menu we ask if they have free internet... then we look at the menu in a speed-up mode, and dive into the ...

... to the internet. Got some information on Nevada and pushed off for the town of Elko. On our way to Elko we passed through the town of Wells. Although we did not see any damage, I was told once we were in Elko by one of the locals that Wells was badly damaged due to the earthquake that hit it in early May. We should of had some inkling how bad this RV park was going to be with a name like Double Dice. Imagine after driving for as long as we ...

Dean: We decided to stop off in Salt Lake City in order to break up the travel from Yellowstone to San Francisco, spending just over a day in the city that is the center of the Mormon religion (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). We checked out the main city sights, including the Mormon temple square, which included a guided tour of some of the main Mormon buildings. It was all very interesting but not for Alex and I (with us both being quite opinionated on religion).