Tuesday, April 15

Our day started early with a 6am wake up call courtesy of the CO2 detector. Apparently it’s a bad idea to run the generator all night. We aired the place out and headed back to bed for a bit more relaxing. Aidan managed to sleep right through it. We ended up getting up around 7 anyway, getting some breakfast, and hitting the road. We drove through some mountainous passes, and saw many farms with cows and horses on the way to Salt Lake City. It was cool and windy, with threat of rain, but we took our chances at the Hogle Zoo. It was a great way to spend the morning. They have many animals that aren’t at the MN Zoo so that was pretty new for Aidan. The one we really wanted to see was the kangaroo, but he was blocked off by a construction site in the middle. We managed to sneak a peek through the windows of the reptile building, though. Aidan loved the big elephant statue that kept playing “Pop Goes the Weasel” and the penguins. After the zoo, Dave and I had lunch on the road as Aidan slept, and headed to Elko, NV. The drive out of the city took us past the Great Salt Lake, and even through it in spots. We thought there was going to be a bridge over part of the lake, but the road was just raised enough that the lake continued on the other side. After the lake came the desert, which is really a dried up lake bed as well. The sand was completely white, and was drifting across the road just like snow. With the mountains in the background it made for a pretty scenic drive. That ends at the border, where you are greeted to Nevada with a big resort/casino town. We stopped in Wells for gas and made a reservation for a park we’d like to stay at on the way back home. Then we moved on to Elko. The Iron Horse RV Resort is a brand new space, and is very nice. It partners with the Hilton, so we have access to the pool and workout room, but it’s a walk up the hill and it’s about 35 degrees, so we decided to pass on that. We’ll just take advantage of the wifi, and head to bed.