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Aug 28 – NV

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

Day 27 – Today we are taking care of our last minute preparation for trip to Black Rock City. We will arrive there tonight and stay for a week. And just found out we have much further to drive than we thought — So, no time to upload pics right now…. Sorry! But, you get a week off from reading our wonderful blog, but don’t’ think we are not thinking of you and pre-paring for our next entry πŸ˜‰ I am excited for the rest of our trip along highway 50 and a week of staying in one location.

Aug 27 – UT/NV

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

Day 26 – With the time changes we are tending to be good morning risers, usually getting up around 7.30ish but our bodies feel more like it is 8.30ish – I love it. We woke to nice cool temperature outside and a view of our red cliff canyon around us. We drove through the city of Moab, nice cute outdoor adventure town. Than, went to Cayonlands National Park. Again, another breathtaking experience viewing the canyons and rock formations – we could have spent hours there, and definitely want to go back and explore the area more. Our pictures of both national parks do not do it justice.

We went back up to I-70 and kept driving west to highway 50. This drive from Denver through to Nevada is one of the most scenic and spectacular drives I have ever been on. The one major area that sits right in there with the rest of the incredible landscape is driving through San Rafael Reef and Swell. It is an area where they had to excavate through this huge continuous reef barrier wall to continue I-70, they spent around 25 years and $4.5 million dollars to create it between 1957 to mid 1970’s, but once your drive through the wall to other side it is again, gorgeous.

We climbed and descended tons of mountains and finally made our way to the loneliest road in America, highway 50, and also found the longest straightest roads in the world. This continues as my most scenic and spectacular drive. One of the most surprising things we saw was as we were rounding a curve sitting there feet from the road in the flat grass lands and distant mountains in the horizon were a few sand dunes standing around 15 feet tall and sculpted by the wind. There were just a few of them sitting there in the fields of grass and farmland. Our resting point tonight was Ely, Nevada. An interesting town with tons of hotels, casinos, and very few hotel vacancies. We got the last room due to a cancellation at the Bristlecone Motel – a very clean and great place!

Aug 26 – CO/UT

Sunday, August 28th, 2005
Day 25 – So, it is the second day that I have worn jeans due to the temperature outside and not the mosquitoes. Transitioning from the humid hot east and southern coast to the dry heat of Texas ... [Continue reading this entry]

Aug 25 – CO

Friday, August 26th, 2005
Day 24 – Denver, Co is a very appealing city with the Rocky Mountains in the background and so many various types of architecture. The one thing it seems to lack from our perspective is diversity in culture and ... [Continue reading this entry]

Aug 24 – TX/OK/CO

Friday, August 26th, 2005
Day 23 – We got up early and went to see the Cadillac Ranch off of I-40. The sculpture is extremely vandalized now and a bit beat up. It looks like it became the popular high school hangout. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Aug 23 – TX

Friday, August 26th, 2005
Day 22 - Some more driving in Texas, taking highway 287 north, it was a scenic drive. The green rolling hills turned into more flat plains with cacti and rock outcroppings, and always a distant view of the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Aug 22 – TX

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005
Day 21 - Austin is a very nice city. We are staying with our friend Tess, who is currently taking her first big exam right now to continue in the economic phd program at U of T. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Aug 21 – TX

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005
Day 20 - We woke up with a dead battery this morning. The night was very warm, even with the windows cracked down, and so we were turning on the car vents for some air circulation. The ... [Continue reading this entry]

Aug 20 – LA/TX

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005
Day 19 – We took route 90 (future interstate 49) down along the southern part of Louisiana, the Cajun area. Stopping outside of Houma at Bayou Black Airboat Swamp Tours (www.bayoublackairboattours.com 504.628.2508) for a tour of the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Aug 19 – AL/LA

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005
Day 18 - Today we drove through Mobile, Al and followed Interstate 10 west through Mississippi to Louisiana. Mississippi was only a drive through state for us at the moment with tons of road signs for Casinos and ... [Continue reading this entry]