West Wendover, NV

 Easy drive on I-80 from Rawlins to West Wendover.  This time I didn't leave my cell phone at the Cotton Tree Best Western! 


Good breakfast at the hotel which lasted us until we passed through Salt Lake City.  The highlight of the trip was the canyon drive from Park City to Salt Lake City.  It's an awesome drive through a huge canyon with scenery that is so amazing.

Not much trouble getting through Salt Lake City - it's one of the few times I get to drive.  Although Vi can handle metropolitan traffic, she would just as soon turn the wheel over to me.  After passing through SLC and Vi was back driving, we ran into a rainstorm that was almost blinding - it was coming down really hard.  It was difficult to see the fog line or the traffic ahead of us, but we got through it.  The Great Salt Lake has a lot of standing water, even the salt flats were flooded (and not intentionally). Arrived in West Wendover mid-afternoon and checked into Montego Bay (one of the three Peppermill casinos in Wendover.  I think we are going to stay here for a couple of nights and head home to Reno on Friday. Looks like rain for the next couple of days, but maybe we can get in some golf. Michelle forwarded the picture of Vi and the four girls.  Really a good-looking group. From left to right - Melissa, Michelle, Vi, Melinda, and Melanie.




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