Southwest Journey: Day Seven – From Utah to California
The seventh day of our southwest journey was a transitional day. The Utah leg of our journey was over and we headed to our subsequent vacation spot—the Sequoia Nationwide Park. The 900km drive takes you thru Utah, Arizona, and Nevada all the best way to the Sierra Mountains of California.
Having pushed the route earlier than, I knew what to anticipate. It’s all the time tough to regulate to driving six to seven hours on a busy freeway after spending per week navigating small, empty roads the place one thing new and thrilling awaits you round each nook.
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To make the boring drive by the deserts of Nevada extra thrilling, I plotted a detour by Loss of life Valley Nationwide Park. Although we solely had three to 4 hours to spend there, it was higher than nothing. We additionally wanted to replenish our meals provide, so we scheduled two stops in Las Vegas at Costco and Walmart.
All in all, it was an uneventful day till we handed Las Vegas and took a much less traveled street to Loss of life Valley. I all the time get excited concerning the strategy to Loss of life Valley as a result of the drive is visually putting as you transition backwards and forwards between valleys beneath sea stage to excessive mountains time and again.
Though the climate was not very thrilling when it comes to images with hazy air and nil clouds, I nonetheless managed to take a couple of attention-grabbing photographs. Plus, after two years of development work, Dante’s Peak was open and we visited the brand new statement level on the high of the mountain.
We ended the day in a tiny motel nestled on the facet of the street within the mountains of the Japanese Sierra.
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I excitedly anticipated my first go to to the Sequoia Nationwide Park the next day.
