Tuesday, 23rd of April
2013
Winnemucca, NV –
Logan, UT
Miles: 391
The sun was up and
children were at school and it was around 6.20 when we started to get
up. We wanted to leave as soon as possible so we would have more time
to visit a family in Logan. J. has really big family (as far as I can
tell). We got a coffee in the motel (at least that was free). J.
missed (when booking) that the price was for a person, so we had to
pay more when checking in. There was really nothing in the town, when
we left the motel we were overlooking huge cemetery. Casinos and
motel, Nevada oh Nevada. And … we were going east (on interstate
80). We had about 180 miles on this road, we stopped for gasoline in
Elko (the window cleaner bucket had an ice in it!!!!). The
surroundings were pretty much the same, boring and flat desert. There
were mountains in the distance and covered with the snow (kind of
surprising). More less we were driving next to the train track (so
far without the train). Few settlements with truck stop and gas
station. Few smaller town with really nothing appealing. Few
industrial facilities (probably to process some minerals). Two
warnings for prison area (we did not see the prison). Just driving
and driving and counting the miles. We should be set with the place
in Syracuse (we rented it ourselves so hopefully everything will work
out). J. had to set up a drug test in Logan (or somewhere along the
way). Logan was somewhat out of the way so we had to leave interstate
80 and got on another road and it became road number 30 in Utah. It
was just small road and we stayed on it for over 100 miles. We passed
probably 6 cars. There were few settlements and one small town
(looked horrible). The landscape was even more boring then before. So
we just drove, at one point we stopped at the intersection and I had
a sandwich. Nothing nowhere. Finally on interstate 84 for a while and
interstate 15 for a second and back on road 30 going to Logan. The
landscape finally change (we were again seeing snow covered mountain
all over the place), it got hilly and nicer. The time changed (we
lost an hour). We found a place for J.' drug test and went there. It
took about 25 minutes. From there it was about an mile to J.'s
relatives. 3.30 pm, did not really see Logan. For the rest of the day
we stayed in the house and J. played catching up with her aunt and
her family (some of her children came to at least say hi and talk for
a while). I met them first time in here, so it was a bit strange. We
had really nice dinner. Again, it was more than lovely visit and we
were happy we were able to do that.
