So a night in Reno tonight. Not bad highway driving - again kudos to Ken.
We had a half day here in Reno. Took the chance to visit the National Automobile Museum. What a gem of a find!
http://automuseum.org/ The copper Rolls Royce took my eye!
The boys enjoyed the treasure hunt throughout the museum - they had to read descriptions of cars and go and find them in each of the 4 display halls. All children were very excited to see the winning car of the New York to Paris 1908 car race - the Thomas Flyer. They were astounded when reading the route the cars took, "but Mum, that is a really, really, really long way! How did they get over the water?!" The car even has the mud still on the wheels! How that got through customs is anyone's guess!
Crossing from California into Nevada was very interesting geographically. We went from mountainous to flat expanses, verdant greens to yellows and browns, and the weather - into heat (yeah!). The Interstate roads built by the Army are concrete - an expensive feat of engineering - but a great surface for driving on (so Ken reports to me).
Tomorrow is a huge day of driving for us - 8 hours - our destination Twin Falls, Idaho. We plan on taking it easy and stopping to enjoy the scenery along the way. There are very few of these long days on our itinerary; we are grateful for that. We'll have one night's stay in Twin Falls, then it is onto Yellowstone for a stay of 4 days - yeah! Continue to pray for our safe passage.
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| Eating in the RV |
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| Concrete roads |
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| The boys writing their car 'findings' down in order to earn a sticker from the Museum docent |
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| Dressing up to drive the Model T Ford - glamorous girls! Tori chose a very girly pinafore , whilst Phi - bless her - chose the fur! |
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| The copper Rolls Royce - looked far more 'bling' in reality |
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| I forget what the heck this one was, but I liked the orange-ness! :) |
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| Hispano-Suiza: the car Miss Phryne Fisher drives in the Kerry Greenwood novels |
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| The boys cruisin' in the Model T Ford |
