Nevada to Mesa, AZ

I don’t know what I expected of Nevada. Actually, yes I do know. In 2016 we traveled from California to Las Vegas before moving on to Utah. So we expected the whole of Nevada to look like the area around Vegas. And there I was very wrong.

Except for Las Vegas, Nevada is beautiful. Highway 93 is smooth and well kept, and there are mountains everywhere. We were enchanted. We left Hollister, Idaho and traveled south to Ely, NV (pronounced “eelee.”) Our campsite that night was in a KOA and was surrounded by mountainous views. Our only issue with it was that the elevation of 6600 feet made us gasp for breath at times. From Ely we continued south to Las Vegas, and then on to Congress, AZ, spending one night each time. And this morning we left Congress to arrive at our park in Mesa where we will be for the next seven months or so. We’ve only been away for five months but it feels much longer than that to me. And now we have the task of moving everything from the motorhome to the house in the next seven days.

Here are photos of our journey as we moved south.

Approaching Ely, NV

South of Ely, NV

Approaching Las Vegas with smoke from wildfire clouding the view

We pass the Hoover Dam, with Lake Meade just barely visible on our left

Mountains south of Las Vegas

We enter Arizona and see our first saguaro cacti

Congress, AZ

The weather has cooled down a little, from temps in the 100s to the 90s. We are grateful for every degree dropped as we move our things in!