We stopped at the Cosgrave rest area (40.78945, -117.99736) along the way for free dump and water (I love free dump and water)
and then stopped for a couple nights at Water Canyon BLM (40.92940, -117.67357) near Winnemucca (I love that name). It's a decent camping spot (and the price is right: free) but if you stop here bring extra levelling boards because you'll need them. And watch out for the Lizard People as I think there's a portal up in the mountains... no other explanation for the amount of traffic up and down that dead end road.
Look close at the mountains in the two pictures above. Yup, snowed the second night there. Too close for comfort...gotta move along. So, head a little further east... stop overnight at Carlin Canyon (40.72755, -116.01972)...
and then an unplanned stop at the California Trail Interpretive Center in Elko (highway billboards DO work, at least on us).
Being reminded of the hardships that the pioneers faced crossing the country made me appreciate the conveniences of an RV and an interstate highway, and feel a little silly for complaining about having to turn on the furnace and put long pants on. But not for long, of course.
Weather forecast for Idaho and Montana was not looking very spring-like, so the new plan (I think we're up to about Plan G now) was to stop over at Bonneville Salt Flats for a day or so to see if the weather over Montana would clear up a bit.
Unfortunately the salt flats were having some pretty big winds (which of course means sand/salt storms) so we passed on through with barely a stop at the viewing area. New destination: Grant's Reservoir (40.54396, -112.51222) southwest of Salt Lake City where we'll hole up for a few days waiting for a break in the weather northward. Brrr. See? Didn't take very long at all to forget about the pioneers and start complaining again!
