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It's been a lot of driving the last couple of days so I was too tired to write. But we are now at a hotel at our final destination of Henderson Nevada.

We got on the road Tuesday morning at 10 and by 10:05 we were in Nebraska. We turned on the radio and they were announcing obituaries. The speed limit is 75. There are many little museums we could stop at but we are anxious to get "home". We are on a four lane highway with little traffic, but they seem to be adding four more lanes. The radio is broadcasting livestock and farm equipment sales, auctions for land and firearms. Then they play 2 songs and it is back to auctions. We pass a town named Wahoo. 

We take an exit that says it has gas. It turns out to be a 6 mile drive to the nearest gas station.

Turn the radio on and John Denver is singing Rocky Mountain High. Perfect!

We get a call from the van driver that he will be there Friday. It takes some time pressure off but we decide we still would rather get to Henderson Wednesday night.

We get to Colorado at 4:30. We stop at the friendliest rest stop I have ever been to.

We stop in Georgetown because even though it is early, we are tired and it is dark. And we are driving through mountains. 

We were right to stop. Colorado mountains are magnificent and we would have missed it driving in the dark,

We pass a town called No Name. Except for the really mountainous parts, the speed limit is 75 so we are making good time. I notice a sign that trucks require chains September through April. We are really lucky to be having such fantastic weather. 

We enter Utah at 12:15. Utah has it's own form of beauty. Very different from Colorado, less consistent, but the rock formations are unbelievable. It is reminiscent of Santorini. The temperature has gone from 40 degrees in the mountains of Colorado to the 80's. We drive 100 miles without any services available and finally find a rest area. All the rest areas have been clean and they are typically about 30 miles apart.

At 4:30 we turn south onto interstate 15, heading for home. The speed limit is 80 for awhile. When the speed limit gets back to 75, I see a sign that this is some sort of trial speed area. 

We reach Arizona at 6:30 for a very short trip though a corner of the state. By 7:00 we are in Nevada and we reach Henderson at 7:45 Pacific time.

Today we will head out to the house to get a better idea of the layout and start furniture shopping.