Nevada means snowfall
Monday, 10 April 2023
I arose not quite as early in the dawn sequence as yesterday, yet the golden-yellow tones are lovely.
Still saw a few snow-caps as we motored south, and they tapered off as we continued.
Without a doubt, the most dramatic landscape was at White River Narrows.
After long miles of a downward trending road (which lead to overall mileage of 53mpg, at a speedy pace), we ended up creasing Las Vegas. We saw no meadows.
Yeah, we made a burger stop, which happened to be in the middle of the lunch rush. Wow, what a crowd, including dozens of vehicles in the drive-through lane. They even sent a guy out to take orders from those in line.
Back out in the country, we saw several solar panel fields. This one almost looked like a lake. In contrast, in the city, we passed dozens of housing units, almost zero with solar panels. I can’t fathom the logic.
We did get several glimpses of the reservoir called Lake Mead, and the level is low low low, just as you may have read.
After crossing into Arizona, in contrast to this morning, we drove on a generally rising trajectory (mileage was a hammered 42mpg).
There was roadside rotten snow coming into Flag (much diminished from our westbound leg), but none around the hotel.
Unexpectedly, our hotel had a two-plug electrical charger. The car is now fully charged and moved away from the charger. The other space has a handicapped parking logo on it, so I can’t imagine it gets used frequently.