Day 15 Back to Vegas

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Woohoo, interstate highway driving...   While we try to avoid this type of travel, the fact that we fill every single day with exciting trips, sometimes we have no choice but to get from point A to point B in the shortest amount of time.  Well that was today.  Here are the highlights of this stretch of road.
 
 
 

The National Park Service's campaign in 2015-16 is "Find your Park". We have so many favorites we could never name just 1. Utah alone houses multiple of our faves!


 

Beautiful wildflowers lined the highways. Unfortunately, yellow and 80mph do not go well together.




We got a kick out of these signs in Utah in June. Finally got a photo. "Insert Punchline here!"


Must be the Gilboa steer's long lost cousin, Grant from Utah


 The billboards and various signs along what could be an otherwise boring highway ride were quite entertaining!



 
We couldn't stay on the highway for long!  We found a park to visit on our way :)
 




Look at that beautiful red car, err wait...






Hey, those people again!



A nice moto-portrait!


Uhm, well, I think, maybe...  I have no clue what they are saying

Love the red rock with a little green vegetation

This had just happened, but appeared that everybody was unhurt.  This is why you want a bigger truck than just enough.



Heading south on 15, we watched the moon rise from mid afternoon until after Sunset.



This white church looked awesome against the red colors behind.  Picture does not emphasize the dramatic color compliments.






This pass between Utah/Arizona/Nevada is quite a hot ride...but quite colorful and beautiful.




Amazing hues on the horizon just after sunset to the south

 

Ryan finished cleanin' her up...the Vegas heat is so hot early during the summer - he pulls the bike up into the breezeway at the hotel to work on the bike. When I walked around the corner I caught him before he took it off the center stand... looked like he was on a toy pony. 


Time to head back to the "garage"


Ending mileage - 33 riding days


Everything packed away in storage...waiting for our taxi


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