UTAH

[piedmontese]

traveled to mesquite nevada last week and we took 70 west.man when u cross into utah out of colorado the freakin road is ridiculous.miles and miles of barren wasteland.you never see any roadkill so that lets u know what is surviving out there.the further west we got the better the scenery.i noticed that about everything that is green is irrigated.alot different than here.they will irrigate a few acres just to raise hay.seen a pretty big dairy and it looked like the whole thing was on no more than 10 acres at the most.the mountains in colorado and utah were beautiful but it gets old real quick traveling on twisting roads and having to ride the brakes.sure was happy to get bak to kansas.we drove it straight through there and back.took us 18.5 hrs to get there and 20 to return.

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

Driving ID to CA through NV is like that -- miles and miles of not a single thing except rock and sagebrush! Not even anything to comment about, so it was usually a quiet drive. On one trip travelling that stretch, I spotted a wood rocking chair leaning up against the fence line along the hwy. I yelled to "STOP" and hubby was so startled he almost lost control of the truck. We walked up, and there was (probably antique) chair, with signs of foot travel up to it, and marks that someone had sat in it, at that spot and rocked! It probably fell off a load, and then was moved off the hwy by a passerby, who took a few minutes to sit and rock and look out over nothing! We loaded it up and took it home, and it now lives with friends.

 

[kerley]

traveled to mesquite nevada last week and we took 70 west.man when u cross into utah out of colorado the freakin road is ridiculous.miles and miles of barren wasteland.you never see any roadkill so that lets u know what is surviving out there.the further west we got the better the scenery.i noticed that about everything that is green is irrigated.alot different than here.they will irrigate a few acres just to raise hay.seen a pretty big dairy and it looked like the whole thing was on no more than 10 acres at the most.the mountains in colorado and utah were beautiful but it gets old real quick traveling on twisting roads and having to ride the brakes.sure was happy to get bak to kansas.we drove it straight through there and back.took us 18.5 hrs to get there and 20 to return.

Mesquite, Nevada was not much the last time I was there. Some land developers started building large Las Vegas style homes there but I think they went bust. The town was not much either. I did drive around and there is a lot there for the country type person. I did manage to find one Casino with cold beer and enough gameing to loose most of my cash. I read a magazine article that told a grim story about Mesquite and their city managers.

 

[kerley]

Driving ID to CA through NV is like that -- miles and miles of not a single thing except rock and sagebrush! Not even anything to comment about, so it was usually a quiet drive. On one trip travelling that stretch, I spotted a wood rocking chair leaning up against the fence line along the hwy. I yelled to "STOP" and hubby was so startled he almost lost control of the truck. We walked up, and there was (probably antique) chair, with signs of foot travel up to it, and marks that someone had sat in it, at that spot and rocked! It probably fell off a load, and then was moved off the hwy by a passerby, who took a few minutes to sit and rock and look out over nothing! We loaded it up and took it home, and it now lives with friends.

Kathy, you just described 99.9% of Nevada.

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

Correct! When you get up around Reno/Tahoe area the landscape is a little brighter.

 

[kerley]

Correct! When you get up around Reno/Tahoe area the landscape is a little brighter.

I always liked the drive from Reno on 395 toward Susanville, Calif then north to Klammath Falls, Oregon.

 

[3waycross]

traveled to mesquite nevada last week and we took 70 west.man when u cross into utah out of colorado the freakin road is ridiculous.miles and miles of barren wasteland.you never see any roadkill so that lets u know what is surviving out there.the further west we got the better the scenery.i noticed that about everything that is green is irrigated.alot different than here.they will irrigate a few acres just to raise hay.seen a pretty big dairy and it looked like the whole thing was on no more than 10 acres at the most.the mountains in colorado and utah were beautiful but it gets old real quick traveling on twisting roads and having to ride the brakes.sure was happy to get bak to kansas.we drove it straight through there and back.took us 18.5 hrs to get there and 20 to return.

funny thing is I have driven over 35,000 miles a year on those same twisty roads and no offense but the worst drivers I ever followed were from Kansas.
:shock:
They seem to need to straighten out every curve! :nod: :lol2: :lol2: ......and don't get mad cuz I love Ks and most of the folks in it but ya'll suck at Mountain driving!

 

[FarmGirl10]

funny thing is I have driven over 35,000 miles a year on those same twisty roads and no offense but the worst drivers I ever followed were from Kansas.
:shock:
They seem to need to straighten out every curve! :nod: :lol2: :lol2: ......and don't get mad cuz I love Ks and most of the folks in it but ya'll suck at Mountain driving!

:lol: Not just mountain driving, driving in general. I learned that within a week of moving here.

 

[cow pollinater]

Driving ID to CA through NV is like that -- miles and miles of not a single thing except rock and sagebrush! .

I used to have a girlfriend in ID that was a fiance for awhile. I was 21 and cowboying at the time and I'd get two days off every other weekend. I'd leave as soon as I unsaddled on Friday and drive the ugly desert stuff at night and be in Montpeliar ID by daybreak just in time to have breakfast and enjoy the rest of the day with her. Sunday afternoon I'd head out and hit the ugly stuff by dark and be back at work by sunrise. I did it that way twice a month for two years. :nod:

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

Driving ID to CA through NV is like that -- miles and miles of not a single thing except rock and sagebrush! .

I used to have a girlfriend in ID that was a fiance for awhile. I was 21 and cowboying at the time and I'd get two days off every other weekend. I'd leave as soon as I unsaddled on Friday and drive the ugly desert stuff at night and be in Montpeliar ID by daybreak just in time to have breakfast and enjoy the rest of the day with her. Sunday afternoon I'd head out and hit the ugly stuff by dark and be back at work by sunrise. I did it that way twice a month for two years. :nod:

You were a hardy soul, CP! Montpeliar is on the E. side of Idaho -- so you travelled up through either Battle Mountain or Ely? Either way, not pretty, but you can find a casino with a cold beer enroute. My route was usually Boise to family in the CA wine country: ID to Winnemucca, and then south.

 

[Anonymous]

You should try the drive from fl to az some time. 38 hrs From Orlando area to the phx area
24 hours of it through Texas alone. I10 back then had those expansion joints. The rythm was enough to drive a man insane
Did that run 3 times round trip each time. Never again.

 

[ellettfarms]

o heck you was just in the bad part of utah come to where we live than you'll be amazed haha

 

[TexasBred]

You should try the drive from fl to az some time. 38 hrs From Orlando area to the phx area
24 hours of it through Texas alone. I10 back then had those expansion joints. The rythm was enough to drive a man insane
Did that run 3 times round trip each time. Never again.

It ain't much better now Hook but at least you can legally drive about 85 now....probably get away with 90 once you get thru SA. Don't have to worry about missing the scenery. :lol2: