June 24-25

The highway across Nevada holds little interest for the boys. They are tucked into their recliner chairs playing games and watching videos. Bob and I watch as the miles go by on a cloudless and very warm day. We had stopped in Fallon to pick up some important mail and had an all to quick visit with Steve and Raina. Over the last couple weeks while we were parked in Fallon getting ready for this big trip we had spent quite a bit of time with them and it will be hard to say goodbye. They are leasing our house for the next two years and it will be easy to leave the house and our gardens in the loving and capable hands.

We stopped outside Elko for a visit to the California Trail Interpretive Center. Great place if you are traveling with kids. They had a lot of hands on displays and the boys hopefully picked up a little understanding of the hardships that the pioneers faced as they crossed the 40 Mile Desert. The outside area was set up as a Native American settlement and the docent was informative. After the two hour stop it was back on the road to find our boondock stop for the night, a deserted gravel pit outside Carlin. Not the best, but it works for the night.