Our F-350 pickup has an outside temperature readout on the dash display. Yesterday, driving around our little winter town in Nevada it read 102℉. April 30 was a mite early for 100+ temps, but otherwise not unusually hot for a place on the eastern fringe of the Mojave Desert.
It was however a reminder of why we today began a leisurely drive north toward our summer residence in Wyoming. In 200 miles we’ve climbed from 1600 ft. to 5100 ft. and the temp dropped maybe 20 degrees.
We’ll arrive home on Monday. It is mostly an easy drive north on I-15, carefully planned so we cross the only major urban area - Salt Lake City - on a Sunday morning when the traffic shouldn’t be terrible.
After living in an RV since mid-December, it will be nice to spread out in our house in the aspens. Having summered in rural WY since the early 1990s, it feels like home.
