Road Trip 3.0 beta (Michelle & Laurie)

ChrissyRyan · August 04, 2018, 12:21:44 PM

Have lots of fun and be safe!

I always enjoy hearing of your road trips.

Chrissy

Donica · August 04, 2018, 12:34:08 PM

Oh! How fun!!! I wish I could go

. But I know, three's a crowd. If you two get close to SoCal, give me a PM. Stay safe girls and please keep the pictures coming.

Rayna · August 04, 2018, 12:45:34 PM

That smoke looks ugly

. The NOAA smoke analysis https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/hms.html indicates that south is better than north. Las Vegas is just inside the southern edge of the smoke. All of AZ and NM east to about Albuquerque looks pretty clear. It's heavy from NV into northern UT, including Salt Lake, and east to Cheyenne, hooking south across most of eastern CO. We're on the western edge of the thick stuff in Colorado Springs, although looking out the window it looks pretty normal and you don't smell it. The light stuff pretty much covers the whole country except what I mentioned above.

Just some fodder for your non-planning. Or will Michelle keep custody of the wheel and make a plan after all?

Laurie · August 04, 2018, 02:11:01 PM

Hi folks and thanks for the comments. We like them as much as you want to hear ours.
And thank you Randy for the smoke report. We aren't going to Vegas though we were pointed in that direction for a bit. That has been corrected now.
Goldfield is an interesting little town, so much so we went through it twice on our way from Tonopah to Warm Springs. We managed to make it through the town before the parade both times.

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Laurie · August 04, 2018, 02:16:39 PM

On I-6 out of Tonopah to Warm Springs then onto the Extraterrestrial Highway. We think. Maybe.

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LizK · August 04, 2018, 03:20:08 PM

Hi Laurie

Keep us updated on the locations...I am trying to track them via google earth which will allow me to do a "Virtual 3d Tour" of your road trip which could be a bit of fun to share with those who have never been to that part of the country or in my case never even been to the country!

Enjoy

Liz

Laurie · August 04, 2018, 05:09:15 PM

Hi Liz,

We made it to I-93 heading to Caliente Nevada. We just past Oak springs trolobite site.
For those doubters here is a picture of Michelle trying to flag an alien down.

We have found Caliente. Next turn 319 and into Utah.

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Laurie · August 04, 2018, 05:25:15 PM

Passing through Panacea on 319. Getting close to Utah

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Jessica · August 04, 2018, 05:43:23 PM

Quote from: Laurie on August 04, 2018, 05:09:15 PM
Hi Liz,

We made it to I-93 heading to Caliente Nevada. We just past Oak springs trolobite site.
For those doubters here is a picture of Michelle trying to flag an alien down.

We have found Caliente. Next turn 319 and into Utah.

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With her being a techy with mad skills, maybe she phoned home for a ride.
Doesn't the iPhone have an app for that?

Laurie · August 04, 2018, 05:53:08 PM

Quote from: Jessica on August 04, 2018, 05:43:23 PM
With her being a techy with mad skills, maybe she phoned home for a ride.
Doesn't the iPhone have an app for that?

Her response was " So long and thanks for all the fish"

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Laurie · August 04, 2018, 05:55:47 PM

In Utah on beehive 56 past Modena

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Rayna · August 04, 2018, 07:14:38 PM

Quote from: Laurie on August 04, 2018, 05:53:08 PM
Her response was " So long and thanks for all the fish"

Ok, as long as you aren't putting in any hyperspace bypasses, you can have all the fish you want.

I'm crushed that you missed the Snobowl Ski & Bike Park in Elko (I was there in June), but I guess you have to avoid the Interstates...too many non-fish-eaters there.

Ok I'm guessing Cedar City gets your business for the night. Nice town...go downtown and have a meal. Don't hang out by the Interstate...

You girls are switchbacking all over the place. I thought you were going northeast, then it was south, then east. State Patrol is going to pull you over for weaving LOL. Fun!

Randy

Michelle_P · August 04, 2018, 07:35:46 PM

From earlier in the day:

Hi folks, Laurie here.

Michelle is out trying to flag down extraterrestrials so we can go for a joy ride. I don't see any but she claims they are here. Oh btw we are on Nevada 375 the extraterrestrial Highway.

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Donica · August 05, 2018, 08:34:43 AM

That's ok Michelle. I know they are there too

Hugs!
Donica.

TonyaW · August 05, 2018, 09:00:46 AM

Quote from: Laurie on August 04, 2018, 05:53:08 PM
Her response was " So long and thanks for all the fish"

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Can we assume that you at least packed your towel in preparation for this trip?

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Laurie · August 05, 2018, 09:23:25 AM

Hi folks,

Well we found beehive 18 in Modena and headed south to St. George where we stopped to hunt online for a camping (parking space) at a campground. My traveling companion doesn't feel spending the night in a rest area is safe. Reservations made at a KOA in Hurricane we could now think about dinner. Low and behold there is a steakhouse area right across the parking lot, the Gun Barrel steakhouse. So in we go...
"Hi there can I help you?"
We would like a table
" Do you have a reservation?"
No.
" Oh, I'm sorry it will be at least an hour wait."
That's too long. Thank you. And out the door we go.
Michelle sits down and brings out her phone and starts poking at it. I less than 3 minutes we have a reservation. In 15 minutes we go back in and are quickly seated. Dinner was better than average be could have been better for the prices.
Back in the green streak, we are off to Hurricane and our own little section of the KOA overflow parking lot. It's not even dark yet and we are stopping? Sigh. So the great shift begins... Seat all the way forward, storage bins behind them, the rest of our belongings packed inthe front seats. Air mattress and sleeping bags lain down and inflating. Tent covering installed on the hatchback and we are all set for the night.....

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Laurie · August 05, 2018, 11:14:34 AM

Quote from: TonyaW on August 05, 2018, 09:00:46 AM
Can we assume that you at least packed your towel in preparation for this trip?

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We have towel

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Donica · August 05, 2018, 11:21:51 AM

Laurie! Any pictures from the KOA in Hurricane? How was the camp site?

Laurie · August 05, 2018, 11:53:32 AM

Quote from: Donica on August 05, 2018, 11:21:51 AM
Laurie! Any pictures from the KOA in Hurricane? How was the camp site?

We parked in the overflow lot. Sorry no pictures of the park but it is online. There is a small pool bathroom and shower. They also have some mini houses to rent I think. Sorry.

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Michelle_P · August 05, 2018, 11:56:06 AM

The Prius Camper

We have the back seats down and headrests removed, and a couple of loaded plastic containers between front and back seats. This gives us a flat deck.

A full size air mattress and sleeping bag go atop this and the baggage goes up front.

All windows are covered with homemade trimmed foam board on the side windows.

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