10 Feb 2021: Left home and headed south to warmer temperatures we hope. The first day we made it to just south of Twin Falls and stayed at an RV park just before Jackpot, NV. A fairly new one and we were able to put in some water and not worry about it freezing. The drive was good except for the wind, especially through Craters of the Moon National Monument. Was amazed at the amount of traffic we encountered in the Twin Falls area this year. Just more people in this world, I guess. Drove down to Lake Mead and camped there. We have camped here at Stuart’s Point for many years when coming down south. Were quite surprised at the number of campers here this year compared to the last few years. Lots of new looking RVs with folks just looking to get away from everyone because of COVID I guess. The first day here we were treated with an Air Force HC-130 dropping PJs out for water jumps in Lake Meade not very far from where we were camped. Brought back a lot of memories to me of my days flying that aircraft in Alaska and New Mexico. 13 Feb 2021: Took a drive up to Mormon Mesa just north of Overton, NV. Interesting place and a very large mesa. Also stopped by the market and picked up a few things. Had a pretty good thunderstorm go through in the afternoon. Pretty strong winds blew a lot of folks’ things around.
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| Ice on the Salmon River. |
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| Going through Craters of the Moon. |
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| More Craters of the Moon. |
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| Driving through Nevada. |
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| First Sunset at Lake Mead. |
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| PJs jumping out of the HC-130 |
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| We are socially distancing here at Lake Mead. |
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| My traveling companions. Zeph with his worn out frisbee. |
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| Lake Mead. |
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| From the top of Mormon Mesa. |
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| On the top of Mormon Mesa. |
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| Telephoto of distant mountain. |
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| Valley of Fire. |
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