Nevada

I get so lonely, baby, I get so lonely...

Today, for the second time, we drive US-50 across Nevada, the so-called loneliest road in America. It seemed a lot less lonely this time. We are parked just east of Baker, NV, and are literally on the border with Utah. We play this fun game with the kids where we jump back and forth across the state line. Even better is that it is the time zone, so we keep leaping from the future into the past and vice versa.

Sunset, not fire. Revel in its beauty.

Unfortunately, we were greeted here at Great Basin National Park by a roaring 12,000 acre wildfire and the threat of an impending "high quality monsoon moisture." Which is great, because if you're going to have monsoon, you don't want to be stuck with the cheap WalMart monsoon. And so we are going to try to cram three days of living into one tomorrow - caving, hiking, bristlecone pine visiting - just in case we have to get outta Dodge.