West Wendover, NV

Well, this should be our last night on the road.  Had a great drive over from Evanston.  Probably should have only been several hours, but we decided to skip around Salt Lake City and take a circuitous route to the south.  Took longer, but it was more picturesque.  Got off I-80 at US 40 and took it south for a little while and then some backroads through the mountains, ending up south of Salt Lake City.  It was beautiful traveling through Park City (there's a little bit of money in that area) and then around Deer Creek Reservoir through some beautiful mountain passes.



Eventually we ended up in Toele and hit I-80 again across the Great Salt Lake into Nevada.  Fun trip and we saw some new territory which we had not traveled before.  We're staying at the Rainbow which is a Peppermill casino in West Wendover.  Got in early enough to play nine holes at Toana Vista Golf Course.  Just us and the deer on the course and the course was in surprisingly good shape.

We had skipped lunch, so we really enjoyed the buffet - probably ate too much, but it was all good. It's an easy drive across Nevada tomorrow on I-80 - not much use for my navigational skills on that trip.


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