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The window is even dirtier in this picture than the last one, but this photograph will be our last from Nevada. Tomorrow we’ll begin winding our way through California, in Lassen Volcanic National Park territory, before finally meeting up with good, old familiar Highway 5.
Continuing our trip home from Utah to Oregon, I took the above picture through a rather dirty window somewhere between Winnemucca and Reno, Nevada while going about 75 MPH. If you click on it to view it larger, you may even be able to see a living creature in the lower left corner.
As mentioned a couple of weeks ago when the Utah trip tour began on this blog, the salt flats on the way back to Oregon were really pretty. The sun was shining in the southeast and crazy cloud formations with rain and snow were happening in the northwest. We were expecting lots of snow on the road and when we left Utah, Nevada’s traffic and weather site stated that we would be putting chains on in at least 3 locations. Yuck. Therefore, there was no time to stop and take pictures of the salt flat scenes.
However, we lucked out in Nevada and never had to put on chains. The first stop we made was at the above, desolate-looking rest stop near Wells, Nevada. No one was around for miles and miles. It was the first chance I had to take a break from driving and snap a picture.
Here is another shot from Christmas Eve on Temple Square. The Mormon Temple is to the left and the building in the background is the LDS Conference Center, a huge building (seating over 21,000 people) the Mormon Tabernacle Choir frequently sings in these days.
I took this one from up in the Wasatch Mountains, northeast of Kaysville, Utah. The camera was pointing southwest.
A photo tour of Utah wouldn’t be complete without a picture of the center of Salt Lake City, the Mormon temple. We walked around Temple Square on Christmas Eve. The temperature was well below freezing, and I was with a bunch of relatives who weren’t going to wait for me to take pictures. I did snag a few, but they are all a bit over or under exposed. I didn’t have time to take multiple exposures.
The Great Salt Lake (in the distance) from a Fruit Heights neighborhood… The “mountain” in the lake is Antelope Island State Park.
There weren’t many blue skies while we were in Utah, but here was one of those few moments.
