Today was all highway driving. We had planned on making it as far as Salt Lake City (799.14 miles) but Utah turned out being so pleasant (honest-- No snark!) that we drove all the way to Wendover, UT (919.93 miles) and we sit, walking distance from the Nevada boarder, happily held up in another Motel 6.
Now, I'm off to try to convince Mike to take me to a casino. But first, here's what we did today:
Day Three:
6:40am 74 Degrees: Departed from Grand Island, NE Elevation 1,800 ft
7:11am: Passed under the Great Platte River Road Monument
8:29am 73 degrees: Breakfast; Burger King $12.13 (PEED)
8:50am: On the road again
8:13am: (9:13am)L Crossed into mountain time 1,711.9 miles traveled thus far
10:10am: Entered Wyoming; Switched Drivers (PEED)
10:22am 71 degrees: On the road again; Pine Bluffs WY Elevation 5,049 ft
10:40am: Hilldale, WY First spotted the Rocky Mountains
10:58am: Gas Stop; Cheyenne 15.1 gallons (39.70)
1:04pm Crossed continental divide Elevation 7,000 ft
1:55pm: Stopped at a rest area; (PEED)
2:00pm: On the road again
2:40pm: Lunch; Arby's $15.18; switched drivers (PEED)
2:59pm 61 degrees: on the road again
3:11pm 58 degrees: We went through a tunnel-- it was pretty cool.
3:28pm: Passed Little America, WY Advertised for over 200 miles-- not that cool.
3:59pm 53 degrees: Gas Stop $40.99
4:31pm 57 degrees: Welcome to Utah-- Life Elevated
4:54pm: Utah Welcome Center (27 miles into Utah) (PEED)
5:03pm: On the road again 2307.9 miles thus far
7:01pm: Salt Flats, UT
7:20pm 68 degrees: Wendover UT Motel 6
Total driving time thus far: 2,480.9
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