We were up early again. We think. In this part of the world it is difficult to tell time. Our watches, phones, computers, and dashboard clocks kept switching back and forth between Pacific Daylight Time and Mountain Daylight time, depending on which satellite or cell tower it found…
We headed south across Nevada…
We continued south across Nevada…
We continued south across Nevada…
Then we continued south across Nevada…
And we continued south across Nevada…
And we continued south across Nevada…
We stopped to stretch our legs, in Nevada…
Finally we came across some interesting features alongside the road…
There was even a lake!
We pulled into the Oasis RV Resort just after noon…
We had a brief dip in the pool…
We had happy hours and dinner in the Villa, watching old movies on TCM.
We started out today by leaving the RV Park at 7:50. We headed out to buy fuel. However, the phone app that told us where it was was wrong, so we had to back track. On our way we were stopped by a train crossing.
We sat there for over 20 minutes… While some people might be annoyed while a freight train moved back and forth for 20 minutes, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The train was off-loading cars into a freight yard. It would pull forward, a worker threw a switch, the train backed up a bit, the worker disconnected a car or two, and the train would stop. The loose car(s) would continue to roll onto the siding.
Fascinating!
The train finally pulled away, and we crossed over; we quickly found the truck stop, where we refilled the diesel and the DEF. And we were off!
We traveled south, and then we jogged west at Salt Lake City. The freeways on the 15 and 215 in SLC were some of the worst roads we have seen on this trip, and we have seen MANY bad roads. Finally we came to the shores of the Great Salt Lake.
I’m not sure we ever saw any clear water in the lake – only the salt flats…
We passed this huge plant of some kind. We could not figure why this “smoke stack” was so large, but it was a fascinating thing to see…
There a Mosque, too…
And on we drove. Salt everywhere…
And a salt processing plant…
We stopped to stretch our legs at Delle. Nothing here except a small gas station and a very large gravel parking area with outhouses…
We continued west. Salt…
A we neared the Nevada border we noticed that cars stopped along the road had been driving onto the salt… Weird!
Then it dawned on me…
This is the Bonneville Salt Flats!
The Bonneville Salt Flats are a densely packed salt pan in Tooele County in northwestern Utah. The area is a remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Bonneville and is the largest of many salt flats located west of the Great Salt Lake. The property is public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and is known for land speed records at the “Bonneville Speedway”. Access to the flats is open to the public.
Motorcar racing has taken place at the salt flats since 1914. Racing takes place at part of the Bonneville Salt Flats known as the Bonneville Speedway. There are five major land speed events that take place at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Bonneville “Speed Week” takes place mid-August followed by “World of Speed” in September and the “World Finals” take place early October.
Just west of the salt flats we went through Wendover, Utah. We crossed the border and entered West Wendover, Nevada…
We stopped… where else? At a casino parking lot…
We enjoyed a nice lunch and a short nap… Then we headed south. The road looked like this for 110 miles!
And then we arrived at the “booming” town of Ely, NV, and we easily found the KOA campground…
We settled in, walked our required 30 minutes, enjoyed Happy Hours and dinner…
Adventures in the Villa 