Valley of Fire, Nevada to Mesquite, Nevada
An early start as the sun broke over the red mountains. The wind is already about and ferocious! A 6km trip to Rainbow Point a stunning vista of the prehistoric wind carved valley. The headwind/side wind is pummeling us with sand and blowing us all over the road. When for however brief a moment it is a tailwind, things are smooth sailing. At times we are actually blown uphill.
Lunch and blogging session in a library Overton, (a windy town where everyone must be in a perpetual bad mood because the wind NEVER subsides) where Luke leaves his driver's license....
Then our path takes us to our first stretch of freeway, where the wind is buffeting us from one side and the traffic from the other- its deafening and such a slog. The road is littered with glass and tyres and rubbish too. To get some sort of reprieve from the wind we stopped by a stinky dumpster to eat lunch!! You could liken the experience to playing Mario Kart, you are Yoshi, minding our own business, trying to avoid all the banana peels and green shells flying everywhere, while Bowser screams past every 3 seconds. You're also out of coins so you spin out every once in a while... We arrive at Mesquite late and stay in a crusty casino and watch the third presidential debate, on foreign policy, Obama kills it!
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