Finally leaving Arizona!

We realized as we were driving today that we've spent the entire month (so far) in Arizona! We've enjoyed our time there, and will be returning, but for now, we're picking up another state: Nevada.

On our drive, we headed up I-17 towards Flagstaff and then turned west on I-40.

We think this is Humphrey Peak and that we could see it from Cottonwood.

Note that Flagstaff is at 7000+ feet elevation, up from Cottonwood at about 3300 feet. We saw some snow on the ground near the freeway as we drove.

Driving west on I-40, we ran into some VERY ROUGH road surfaces! In Arizona, it appears each county gets its own Interstate road funding - each county boundary brought changes in the surface of the roadway. The last couple counties we went through didn't seem to be spending much on the interstate going through their county! When traffic was light, I drove in the left hand lane as it was not as worn.

After a stop in Kingman, AZ, for fuel (gas and propane, as well as food for us at Sonic), we headed north on US route 93 to Las Vegas. We have both been to Vegas for various conferences through our working careers - we are planning to take advantage of some of the free shows, and visit Hoover Dam.

We passed by Hoover Dam on the way into town - Dwayne took some pictures.

Approach to the bridge downstream from the Dam

There's the dam - it appeared that there were tourists on the other side of that concrete barricade taking pictures - we'll be there in a day or two!

Entering Nevada!