Blazing and Saddles

Originally, we'd planned to be in California for the start of Shabbat, but best-laid plans and all that. As we watched the sun set behind the mountains in Western Utah, we were singing Shabbat songs and talking about what it meant to each of us to be "close to G-d."

We're almost to California! Tonight we're in Elko, Nevada, which is true to Nevada form in that there is no shortage of blazing, blinking lights to advertise places to eat and gamble.

Yoni asks: What is "gamble?"

I likened it to vending machines that offer toys, but you only get a toy some of the time. And you have to put your money in all of the time.

Yoni: In the Wyoming desert, we saw some cows, which was really weird, because usually cows don't go in the desert unless the farmer lets them.

We drove over the Continental Divide today. On our list of Questions To Which We Don't Yet Know The Answer, we put "What is the Continental Divide?" The answer, according to Yoni (after Googling it tonight): it's a bunch of mountains that, when it rains, it separates where the water goes. One way it goes to the Pacific, the other way it goes to the Atlantic.

Now for a few photos:

As we drove into Salt Lake City, we saw... is that SMOG? Eww...
















It did make for interesting sunbeams, though...
















At a McDonald's in Wyoming, they had an interesting choice for seating:
















Cool rock formations:
















And a special photo for Jeanice. Note the name of this gas station in Utah (you may have to click on the photo to see it larger). Also note the price of gas. :-)