Driving day! Who knew we were really so close to home? From Moab to Lake Tahoe.

We had slept inside Canyonlands National Park so that we could have easy access to hike out to Mesa Arch for the sunrise. When we woke up we found out that we weren’t the only ones with that idea. The arch was full of photographers waiting for the infamous shot. We got our shot too and it was definitely worth it! We made pancakes in the parking lot and left toward Salt Lake City with the whole day still ahead of us. We’re getting pretty good at this sunrise wake up thing. We drove through Salt Lake pretty quickly and started west in search of some hot springs. Once we started driving I think we got comfortable, because we didn’t actually stop at any hot springs until we got to Battle Mountain, NV... over halfway across the state. The hot springs weren’t all they were cracked up to be. We had a difficult time finding the source, but we spent some time at a pond near some railroad tracks while the sun set. We played on the railroad tracks for a little while and ran across a rattlesnake who encouraged us to get back on the road pretty quickly. We also snuck in a shower along the dirt road here, which was quite nice. We kept driving and ended up in Carson City for the night. It was much later than we usually set up camp and much farther than we’ve been driving most days, but we made some serious headway!