Richard & Sylvia's RV Adventures

Day 56-58 Thursday, April 26, 2007 through Saturday, April 28, 2007

Richard Travels from Travis AFB, California to Hill AFB, Salt Lake City UT– 714 Miles

I took off early out of Travis towards Salt Lake City.  It was a pretty drive across CA past Truckie, CA by Lake Tahoe and on into Reno, NV.  I stopped in Reno and overnighted in the parking lot of the Home Depot there.  The manager was very accommodating. 

After resting a little I unhooked the car and drove down town Reno to check out the Casino’s and to see how the Reno Strip differed from the one in Vegas.

I found the Reno Strip to be far less exciting as the one in Vegas but none the less it was neat to see.  Went in and checked out the Circus Circus Casino, played the penny slots and broke even.

Up early and off across Nevada on Interstate 80 towards Utah.  After a good long drive I stopped off in Elko, NV and overnighted in the Wal-Mart parking lot along with several other RVs en route to other destinations.  Here’s a panoramic photo of some of the country I drove through.

Saturday morning I drove into Utah driving across the salt flats past the Bonneville Speed way.  This is really the most desolate and barren part of the country I’ve ever seen.  It is flat (but at an altitude of about 4100 feet) and barren as far as the eye can see!!

Here’s a photo that I took out my driver’s window where you can see the other lane going the opposite direction and you can see the utter flat desolation of the white salt flats.

I made it to Hill AFB shortly after noon on Saturday.  Here’s a view of the mountains from the campground; what a view!!

posted by Richard @ 12:45 AM