Much to our chagrin, we awoke in the night to snow....in southern Utah! We spent the rest of the night starting the car for warmth. Luckily we were the only people with a snow brush handy, as Mike cleaned off the car at dawn, while Jane stayed bundled in her sleeping bag.
Early morning in southern Utah
Interstate 15 wound south out of Utah, briefly through Arizona, and then into Nevada. We gained another hour of time as we crossed into Pacific Time. Before long we were in the midst of Las Vegas...but still many hours before we could check into our hotel. We decided to pass through Vegas and beyond into California for a ways...
Utah - Arizona - Nevada
Dry lake beds in California
We journeyed through sandstorms about an hour into California, where we turned around and headed back to Nevada. Unfortunately, there was no warning that there would be no gas for the next while, and we were forced to stop at a "town" in the hills that consisted of one gas station in the middle of nowhere, that was charging $4.299/gallon (compared to an average of $2.60/gallon everywhere else!). Returning to Vegas, we toured around and shopped (new card for the camera and beer for the room) until we were permitted to check into our hotel, Terrible's Casino on Flamingo. After settling in with pleasant surprise, we headed off to the Old Strip in downtown for the Fremont Experience, a two-block canopy of overhead lights that displays a ten-minute show. After wandering the old strip, we returned to our hotel for much-needed rest in a real bed!
The Old Strip
The Fremont Street Experience
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