Monday
Up early- the truck was stuffy. Drove the last 50 miles of Nevada, went over a ridge of mountains and dropped down to the great basin. White salt flats for as far as the eye could see- 40 miles it turned out. Then over another ridge and dropped down to the salt lake basin. the highway doesn't get clost enough to see the whole lake but we did pass some smaller water filled flats and on the calm morning the mountains reflected on the water.
Passed through Salt Lake City- you can see some of the Olympic venues from the highway- we were amazed at how steep the two ski jump hills are- nearly straight down. Utah is greener than Nevada too.
Next came 400 miles of Wyoming. Pretty inhospitable land. Towns are few and far between. Billboards for “Little America” stops at each end of the state are highlights. Stopped at the Lincoln Memorial rest area- the highest point on I-80 at something near 8000 feet.
Stopped for the night in Sidney Nebraska-it’s windy and hot and home of a huge Cabela’s store and a super Wal-Mart- we walked to both.
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