Quick update...

Hi guys,

I'm just using wi-fi at a highway rest stop about 130 miles northwest of Fort Worth on US-287. We left Amarillo at about 7.30am and are heading down to Dallas. Have a lot to say but no time right now - sorry for the long wait for the post have been away from the internet for a few days. Huge thunderstorm as we drove into Amarillo last night, were lucky to escape with no damage to the car from dime-sized hail stones.

Will post the story and pics for everything east of Ely next time i get online. Meanwhile, i'll leave you with one photo....

Dawn on US-50 in Western Utah, near the Nevada border on Monday morning during the trip from Ely to Denver.

It's a long road to Denver...

...and we're only half way there.

Today we covered 573 miles, crossed 12 distinct mountain ranges and once we got to Nevada only went through about 3 or 4 towns. They call it the lonliest road in America.

Here are some of today's pics:


















No shit, this is our car man! Its a Pontiac G5 Sporthatch, classed as a 'compact economy' model by the rental company.

Me at South Lake Tahoe.

Ok, this is the coolest thing in the world. We randomly came across this while driving the Lonliest Road, its literally more remote than the middle of nowhere. Its called 'Sand Mountain' and its a giant mountain of sand. People come here from all over to ride their dune buggys on it. It was just really random to hardly see any traffic for hours and then to arrive here with all these RVs parked up and crazed dune riders speeding up and down this pile of sand in the desert.

The town of Ely, Nevada. Pictured is its traffic light, and some the several casinos that line its main street.

In the morning, its eastward to Denver... a journey of 673mi.