Day 6: Reno

almost there

walk out of the hotel and see a glorious snow capped mountain right next door and turn around another mountain and another. provo was beautiful. had to check out the route from last night. and volla, found a scenic route through the canyon road which eventually led us to salt lake city. so there t caravan goes, through t smallest road on the map till day six. average speed of fifteen mph. awesome country, more snow peaks, more time without a car passing by. and when we were just a couple miles off from the highway connect, only white, no more black. snow not cleared only for couple of miles? head back and to salt lake. salt lake is really a salt lake, same stench and crud. wonder how it got to be that way.

crossed couple of passes more and entered nevada. and a ghost town shown on the map just a few miles off the highway. had to check it out. now we beat ourselves in the smallest road travelled. certainly the smallest i ever did in this country. the entrance to the road had a board marking the city and the board had gun shots. a cross with spooky looking cloth hangers. we were playing the guessing game on if it was symbolic or if it was symbolic. and a mile into the road, middle of nowhere, i cant stress on the nowhere better, on a small expanse of open land and right next to a railway track, a suv with a rv back and a single guy with a cb radio. dared to ask him which was to the town cobre. his reply, your standing on it. had to crack up for that reply.

headed back to the more travelled road and into the land of legal prostitution. was amazed to see the billboards "get a room for $24". i paid more than that for the hotel in reno. with conscience and adventure in the right order, grabbed a medium pizza and marched into the sunset, literally. spent night at the "biggest little town in the world". got an upgrade to a suite at hilton. sweet suite. my personal best so far. dinner at a microbrew.

good day...

miles: 600
fuel stops: 3
hours on the road: 11
states: Utah, Nevada.