Not much to say about yesterdays travels. Northeastern Nevada is much like Northwestern Nevada along I80. Dry, flat, straight road with some curves. Pretty boring except for occasional construction. Actually quite a bit of road improvement. Part of stimulus I guess.
We spent last night in Wendover NV/UT. New casino RV park. Nice but it and adjacent truck parking are very well lit at night. Full moon didn't help either.
Moon over Wendover
Felt much like Alaska summer nights. Seriously considered breaking out the blockout screens.
Today we started out crossing the salt flats. Much like Nevada only white. Salt Lake City was a little better this time through. At least the air was clear. It is still a big, busy, city though. Big freeways with huge, complex, interchanges. Glad to be through it.
East of Salt Lake City I80 is very nice. Through the mountains and up to Park City. Saw the jumping hill from the olympics as we passed through. Pretty drive through and over hills on to Evanston, Wyoming. Planned to stay there but RV park was very close to freeway. Been there, done that for the last two nights. Moved on to Fort Bridger. Two miles off freeway in a very pretty area. RV park right next to Historic Fort Bridger. Major stopping spot on just about every major emigrant trail.
Wagons on side street in town of Fort Bridger
The fort grounds are quite extensive. There is a charge to visit and we were too late to really do a good tour so we passed. We have seen a number of similar forts. Touring this fort would take several hours and I'm sure is full of historical information but we have a goal further east.
The RV park is very nice. Large, flat, grassy area with huge sites. And Quiet! :). Well, mostly quiet. Right now we are listening to live accordian polka music. Pretty good.
Tomorrow we leave the freeway and head to the hills.
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