we didn't have internet access last night, so we are now a day behind in our road trip blog adventures. so this is from yesterday...
we woke up in
elko, nevada to hear word that we might be approaching snow. 6-12" of snow was expected to fall in parts of wyoming and nebraska- just where we would be headed. we had already woken up to frost on the car, but snow in october?! we were a little worried, but we still had to get through utah...
driving along listening to the mojave 3...
"love songs on the radio, his sweetheart lies in bed, she's dreaming of the things he said, she's hoping that he's well"
approaching park city, utah...we felt as though we were in the sound of music.
we stopped for a late lunch of veggie burgers (
again) and drinks, enjoyed the crisp autumn breeze, and discovered you can not get an alcoholic drink in utah without ordering some sort of food. hmm...gelato with our wine and beer? weird but worth it for the view from the
stein eriksen lodge.
stunning, mind- blowing landscape.
the sun set just as we crossed over into wyoming. and with that, we crossed time zones and jumped ahead an hour.
we drove and drove until we arrived in
cheyenne just after midnight. we were lucky enough to snag a room at the
historic plains hotel- western themed to the nth degree. it was pretty awesome...exactly what i was looking for. (and
sal mineo has stayed there. i love sal mineo).
Waking up to snow on the ground in downtown Omaha. Neither of us prepared for snow when we were packing, but at least we got to use the seat warmers properly in the car.
The Farmers Market @ The Old Market in Omaha.
Wheatfields Bakery, Omaha.
Snow on the ground in Nebraska.
Kum & Go..really?? Who thought that was a good idea? But they were all over Iowa.
Parts of Illinois look exactly like Iowa....corn, corn, and more corn.
And then it became autumn again.
Obsessively taking pictures from the passenger seat.
me taking pictures of adam taking pictures at the bonneville salt flats.
driving along listening to the mojave 3...
approaching park city, utah...we felt as though we were in the sound of music.
stunning, mind- blowing landscape.
the sun set just as we crossed over into wyoming. and with that, we crossed time zones and jumped ahead an hour.
we drove and drove until we arrived in cheyenne just after midnight. we were lucky enough to snag a room at the historic plains hotel- western themed to the nth degree. it was pretty awesome...exactly what i was looking for. (and sal mineo has stayed there. i love sal mineo).
we treated ourselves to a night in carmel, ca. it was so beautiful, quiet, and woodsy- we didn't want to leave.
spur of the moment stop in auburn, ca...and old mining town. so cute.
drove through crazy, amazing, sort of scary donner pass. i had never heard of the donner party, but adam gave me the lowdown- a group of american emigrants back in the 1800's who had become snowbound in the sierra nevada, who have famously become known for their cannibalism.
photos taken from the car do not do it justice. it was beautiful, scary, and incredible.
reno, not very exciting. we drove in. we drove out.
a truck stop outside of reno. casinos are everywhere.
after we had been driving into the nothingness of nevada for quite some time we were worried we were never going to find a place to eat dinner. and then we found lovelock. we ate some very cheesy pizza from the pizza factory, whose slogan is "we toss 'em, they're awesome"
handicraft inside the bathroom at the pizza factory.
late night driving listening to beck, the clash, and iggy & the stooges.
one of the things i will miss the most is the view from our apartment.
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