In just a few days I experienced a lot of extremes in Nevada: altitude ranging from below sea level to above 10,000 feet, several sand deserts and a glacier, extreme day heat in the Death Valley and freezing cold nights in Great Bassin NP, getting to spend most of my time outside balanced with the reality of being on the road and visiting a lot of public/supermarket/gas station restrooms, or sleeping in not so glamorous RV parks when it’s late and I’m tired - truth is, not everything is Insta worthy and I also have very few photos of my incredibly itchy bee sting, of my unexplained swollen eyelid one morning, of my sleepless nights because of the cold or the wind or the unlevelness of my car, or of the struggles of staying clean and washing dishes with limited water supply.
But I do genuinely enjoy this adventure as a whole and I’m making a point to honoring the promise I made to myself for this last part of my trip: continue to dare and travel the less traveled roads, and look as much as possible for remote (and often free) campsites that are always so special. It’s almost becoming a game, with extra points if in addition to long dirt road access, no cell service and no water I get to be the only one there - I won the jackpot when deciding to change my plans yet again and to hit Utah’s Capitolreef NP. I even got to cross my very first river (and no, my Jeep is not 4WD...).
#myepicamericanroadtrip