There and back again….

Our travellers have made it to California for the wedding  and are now heading back again, but not before suffering sticker shock at the gas pumps.

“Well, after paying for gas between $3.51 to $3.87, we where shocked at the price just over the border into California of $4.39. Good thing our travel in and out of California was just the wedding and not part of the tour,” writes Paul Pressy. “Once in Nevada we paid $3.76. We are outside of Salt Lake City, Utah looking out my window at snow still in the mountains.”(June 2) 

“Oh yes, we arrived in Boulder City, Nevada early enough to go see Hoover Dam,” Paul writes.

He sent along some photos of the dam, including construction of a a four-lane highway across the cliffs of the dam. 

What’s next?

“On to the Grand Canyon to the West and South Rim,” Paul writes.

Paul also noted the Hoover Dam lake is low following a flush of the system  to clear trash and debris on the the Colorado River.

“Well, now we are on the way to Cheyenne, WY and then the next two days visiting Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse Mountain, Sturgis, and the Badlands,” Paul said.

Keep checking back for more photos and thoughts from the road.

More views from the road…..

Paul Pressy took these pictures from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon near Williams, AZ, the “short route” to the canyon from Interstate 40, as he explained in a recent note, 59 miles instead of 87 miles from the Flagstaff exit, then another 23 miles from the East entrance to the rim. The travellers needed to be in California before dark that day, so the short route was the obvious choice, even if gas prices weren’t skyrocketing. For those who have more time to spend, Paul notes that there are bus tours to the Grand Canyon out of both Flagstaff and Williams.

As you can see (especially if you zoom in to read the sign) they made it to California just as the sun was setting.