Finally - Nevada

Isn't it amazing what the human bum can endure? Yesterday 950 kilometers, 625 the day before, and about 780 today. I keep shifting positions but there's only so much you can do in the passenger's seat, which is a lot more than the driver can do.
Today we awakened to ice pellets flailing about, and limited visibility. True, we've faced that before, lots of times -- but on a winding, unfamiliar steep incline through mountain passes? With every semi in these United States on the same stretch of road at the same time?? Arrgh! Plus, what goes up must come down, so we were speeding down steep hills as well, wondering if the brakes would do their job, or if we'd go into a skid...
I have issues with steep embankments when I am travelling; I always imagine myself crashing into the guardrail and tumbling over the side, falling far, far, far down into a bottomless crevice. So every time the car swerved a bit towards the side, I feigned coolness in order to be positive and supportive. It took us two hours to cover a distance that normally should have taken 45 minutes, but once we got to Salt Lake City, it was pretty well over, altho there were some huge snowflakes then. When we passed Cedar City, the snow disappeared and we remembered what the whole trip was all about: to get away from that cold white stuff and do something different!
More later.