We drove our coach 188 miles, about 3 hours, from Declo, Idaho to Caldwell, Idaho.

The map route, heading northwest:

Leaving the RV park:

Paladin:

I-84:

My devices: iPad with RV gauges, tire pressure monitor, Mac with map, and iPhone with navigation:

Rest area stop:

Paladin:

Snake River:

We saw several wind turbine blades on trucks, plus these ones on the side of the road:

Another rest area stop:

Paladin:

Triple trailer truck:

Our destination:

We drove our coach 219 miles, about 4 hours, from Heber City, Utah to Declo, Idaho.

The map route, heading northwest:

Leaving Heber City:

We planned to stop for fuel in Salt Lake City, so I left the step cover open. Paladin took advantage of that to look out the lower window:

Roadworks:

US-40 freeway:

Paladin in his safe space:

I-80:

Paladin on the steps again:

Exit to Love’s for fuel:

Onto I-215:

And I-15 (with a triple trailer truck merging):

Paladin again:

One nice thing about interstate freeway travel is rest areas. We stopped at one for lunch:

Paladin on the back of my chair:

Scenic hills by I-84:

Goodbye Utah, welcome to Idaho:

Another rest area stop:

Continuing on I-84:

Sleepy Paladin; he’s definitely getting more comfortable with travel days:

Exit to Declo:

Our destination RV park was right off the freeway:

We drove our coach 176 miles, about 3 hours, from Rock Springs, Wyoming to Heber City, Utah.

The map route, heading southwest:

Our coach at the Tiffin rally, after neighboring coaches had departed:

Leaving the rally grounds:

Tiffins:

I-80:

Tunnels:

Paladin in his safe space next to my chair:

Passing another Tiffin:

Billboards for Little America, a place Jenn said she wanted to visit as a kid:

I have a number of devices: my iPad showing diagnostic gauges (more on this in the future), my Mac showing the map of our route so I can provide info about stopping places, and the tire pressure monitor; not pictured, my iPhone with the navigation directions:

A lake:

The exit to Heber City:

Road works:

Interesting buildings in Heber City:

Our destination:

Arrival area (with another Tiffin):

We drove our coach 107 miles, about 2.5 hours, from Torrey, Utah to Green River, Utah.

Here’s the map, heading northeast:

Leaving the RV park:

Driving through Torrey:

Some road works on the road to Capitol Reef National Park:

Entering Capitol Reef National Park in our coach, as our route takes us through the park:

More road works:

Heading through the park:

A somewhat desolate area beyond the park:

Lots of interesting rocks, though:

Working on my laptop:

Paladin sat on the back of Jenn’s chair for a bit:

Some dust storms in the distance:

Exit towards Green River:

Paladin:

Dusty:

Exit:

A somewhat low bridge; our coach is 12’ 7” high, so enough clearance:

Welcome to Green River:

An interesting building façade:

Green River would be more accurately called brown river:

Our destination, the Green River KOA Journey:

We drove our coach 124 miles, about 3 hours, from Hatch, Utah to Torrey, Utah.

Here’s the map, heading northeast:

Heading down the highway:

Paladin spent much of the time in his safe space next to my chair, as usual:

Some nice old buildings in Panguitch (I’m going to try to take more pictures of interesting towns we pass through):

Nice houses:

I worked on my laptop while Jenn drove:

Butch Cassidy’s childhood home:

An old building:

Junction, our turn:

Mountains:

Interesting rocks:

The Otter Creek Reservoir:

Lots of straight portions of the highway:

Which are a convenient and fairly safe time for me to get up and grab a snack from the fridge:

Mountains:

Never Rip Overalls:

Some horses crossing the highway:

More road and mountains:

Up and down:

Interesting rocks:

Arriving at our destination for a few nights:

Paladin on the dash while Jenn is checking in:

We drove our coach 177 miles, 4.5 hours, from Caliente, Nevada to Hatch, Utah. Yay, another state!

Here’s the map, heading east:

An interesting point about this route is it isn’t the most direct route — that would be highway 14. However, as the map indicates, there is a portion with a too low clearance for our coach, plus that route is very twisty and across a mountaintop. We did drive that route in our truck later, and were very glad we didn’t try to take our coach that way. This is an important part of route planning; making sure it is feasible for our RV. The RV Life Trip Wizard really helps with this.

Anyway, on with the travel pics. Caliente is a fairly cute small town; here’s Company Row:

Turning onto 319 East:

An interesting house in Panaca, and fellow RV traveler:

A curvy highway:

The GPS mirrored on the TV, approaching the Utah border, represented by the horizontal dotted line:

Entering Utah:

Interesting rocks:

Train:

The clouds looked fake:

Utah highway:

Hey there Paladin:

Snowy mountains:

Getting on to I-15:

Where the speed limit was 80 MPH, not that we go that fast in our coach:

Paladin sleeping in his safe spot next to my chair:

We didn’t really need fuel, but were concerned that truck stops would be less common out in the wilds of Utah, so stopped at T/A to top up:

We topped up the DEF, too:

A first for us, we parked with the trucks:

And headed in to Subway for lunch:

A couple more Paladin pics:

I noticed a bunch of these interesting ramps along the freeway; presumably to let animals escape the road:

Our exit:

Cattle guard:

Curvy road:

Highway leading to snowy hills:

Snow by the side of the road:

7,920 feet summit, with more curves and steep downhill ahead:

Sharp curve and mountain vista:

Interesting rocks:

“River”:

Arriving at our next destination:

Paladin watching birds while Jenn checks in:

We drove our coach 183 miles, 3.5 hours non-stop, from Williams, Arizona to Lake Mead, Boulder City, Nevada.

Here’s the map, going right to left (or heading west, if you prefer):

Maybe someone didn’t like their dog? Devil Dog Road:

A view heading downhill:

A truck clipped our mirror, crossing the center line. Doesn’t seemed to have done more than scrape it, but it was rather disconcerting:

Based on the their trailer, they may not be the best driver:

Paladin not looking impressed by a rough stretch of road:

I put him on my lap for a bit:

Passing a motorhome; hey fellow traveller:

This was a non-stop trip, so we had a lunch of chips and a sandwich while driving:

Interesting rocks:

Another motorhome (a Thor Aria was one model we considered when shopping for an RV; Thor isn’t the best brand, but the Aria isn’t bad):

More interesting rocks:

Steep uphill:

Travel trailer delivery:

A pickup with a camper, towing an interesting trailer; I’m guessing a contractor:

Approaching the exit from I-40:

Yet more interesting rocks:

Our exit:

A view (and yes, our windshield was getting rather dirty, from lots of bugs):

We encountered a motorcycle accident; the rider was on the ground, attended by several people. I hope they’re okay, but it didn’t look good:

Paladin peeking:

Last stop in Arizona:

Info sign:

Hey look, more interesting rocks:

Hilltop view:

Approaching Hoover Dam:

A glimpse of Hoover Dam from the center lane of the bridge next to the dam (when Jenn later saw the bridge from the dam, she said she was very glad she didn’t know how high it was when driving over it!):

Entering Nevada:

Our exit:

View of Lake Mead:

Lake Mead National Recreation Area entry station:

Jenn going to the RV park office to check in:

Following a guide to our site:

The timelapse video from this trip will be coming later today, and our review of the RV park tomorrow.