Hilton Garden Inn 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. :-)

... out a new piece of candy at the gas stations with the spending money his two grandmothers gave him for the trip.

At the lunch stop I put the evenings dinner on the car engine to heat up during the afternoon’s drive. I’m getting much better at engine cooking. Our dinners this whole week has consisted of roast pork in some description. Back in Austin, the wonderful community ...

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.

... the Church of Latter Day Saints and what looked to be a cool city. It has a rail system running through downtown so we could have dropped the truck of and rolled, but the rain took the fun out that idea so we went to lunch.

Lunch was awesome. The Red Iguana specializes in mole sauces. Their made with bunches of chilies and veggies and the classic ones have chocolate in them. Vanessa got ...

... fiddling around with the lights on the toad IN THE RAIN.  Jim and I have been commenting that we have never seen so much afternoon rain in Mammoth except for this whole week that we had to move, in which case it poured on us each and every day.  Anyway, I was NOT a happy camper by the time we started down the 395 for Bishop - headed to ...

... pm because w had walked so far. We also sawo Sophia Lorens house, but I dont think she was home because she did not wave to us The coffee is still terribly strong here even when you put a bunch of water in it I am having trouble with the Italian keyboard so this looks funny Tomorrow we are going to see the Spanish steps and not sure what else Hope you had a good visit with Kenton and Marilyn Until I find another computer J&E

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

... end we chose to leave all the belongings in the storage, then go cross-country without a trailer... All Saturday we spent on Evelyn Avenue in Sunnyvale arranging things and reloading the boxes again! can you guess, we couldn't look at them anymore!!! happy to get rid of the burden and start moving, we finally got on the road. this one was a short one: only two hours ...

... that you are greeted by a large gravel parking lot with a bunch of posts that provide power and water(see picture). We were so tired that it did not matter. I went to the bar and had a cold Bud and thats when I found out about Wells. We did very little at this place but we decided that we would get up early and go right through to Reno as the thought of spending another night in some isolated spot in the middle of Nevada held very little appeal.

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).