Reno

While in Reno we did make a quick stop at a park I used to go to as a child. They have done a lot of work in making it such a pretty place. Of course I had to stop at the rose garden. It was still in bloom and beautiful. The park runs along the river, which is almost totally dried up because of the horrible drought. It was a fun stop to make on a lovely October morning.

Road Trip - From Texas to Nevada - Day 2 Continued

 

As we got closer to Nevada, the wind and rain really picked up hard. It was a bit hairy there for awhile and even had some pretty intense lightening. But watching the stormy weather over those desert mountains was pretty cool.

I did want to stop at Hoover Dam. It was on our path, and it's always a cool place to stop. It is sad to see what a horrible drought they are in, and hopefully lots of rain is coming their way. But in the meantime it is a pretty cool stop to make.

  

We then got back on the road and got a good view of the Las Vegas skyline.

From there it was a pretty bring drive across the desert. That stretch from Vegas to Reno is very long and quite tedious. But we did make a pit stop at Area 51. The store had some fun memorabilia and cool t-shirts, but it was pricey. Needless to say we did not get anything. Also, there were signs everywhere stating to not drink or ingest or wash your hands with the water. Not a place I wanted to try the food at.

From there we moved on until we got closer to Reno. The sunset was pretty amazing.