Three States Later

We got a good start this morning, heading out on I-40, then turning north on Highway 93. This is pretty barren country, tannish brown with not much vegetation other than mesquite. Though it is spring and there are flowers. There must have been hundreds of these little Prickly Pears blooming scattered throughout the fields with their pink and fuchsia flowers.

Most of the country looks like this:

This is the approach to the new bridge by Hoover Dam  (and yes, those are bugs on the windshield).

You can see how low the water levels are in Lake Mead behind the dam -

 

This is a portion of the people lined up to visit the dam, which you cannot see from the road -

Joined up with I-115 and then I-15, we cruised right on through Las Vegas. My, it has grown since we first came here back in the sixties!

Our route took us further north, back into Arizona and then Utah. Then through the incredible gorge cut by the Virgin River -

This is one of those highways that makes me glad that I am not driving! With its curves and high walls, you don't see where the road is going... It is spectacular!

By three-thirty we had stopped for diesel, then pulled into Site 241 at Temple View RV Resort in St. George, Utah.