Today started early - probably because we were wedged between two semis in a truck rest stop, drawing in their engine heat (and fumes) while we sweat in our fifth-wheel all night. We did get a decent night's sleep, but couldn't believe the Nevada heat. I thought it got cold in the desert! It was worth driving a little farther than Mullhaven yesterday, though we had to make do boondocking at this rest stop. It made today's long run across Nevada much shorter. We still had several hours of sunlight left by the time we got to Utah Lake State Park. What a lovely little campground this is, right on the shore of the largest fresh-water lake in Utah. Funny enough, it's just a little south of that other big, but salty lake. For the reasonable fee of $28 plus a booking fee, we got a pull-through site, water & power hookups, a grill, and a hard-top pavilion with concrete floor and large aluminum table.
Being Sunday didn't hurt, but the drive was actually pretty easy and the speed limit of mostly 75 mph made the mile just fly by. Many people say driving across Nevada is boring, but we found with the constantly-changing mountain scenery, it was actually quite interesting. Getting such an early start (we beat the sun up), most of our road companions were the big rigs until early afternoon. We did stop more for gas than we hoped, but we seemed to spend most of the time going uphill and the gas mileage suffered accordingly.
Tomorrow we head for Breckenridge, Colorado area, which should be interesting with getting to the Rockies.
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