Road trip part 8 - Nevada's great basin

We left Utah and headed back to Boise via 2-lane roads in Nevada. Whenever possible I like to drive along the two-lane roads in the west. Sure, they're not as glamorous as the interstates but they're often just as fast with a lot less traffic and plenty more to see. --c'mon, when was the last time you stopped for gas on the interstate and got a soda from a fountain beneath a several stuffed elk heads and a mountain lion? --

So we headed north through basin & range country and took in the sights and smells that John McPhee describes so well. It was a weathery day - cumulonimbus blew up and exploded all around us all afternoon...


Amazing mumatus formations...







Lightning strikes had the local VFD's out and about in their off-road trucks just in case. Because sometimes the rain doesn't even make it to the ground...



As usual, the storms tapered off towards the end of the day, the sun came out below the clouds and painted Nevada in silver and gold...

this is the seventh post in a series on the canyon country road trip
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