The Sierras

The beautiful drive continues through the Sierra Nevada Mountains.  Beautiful day on the road.  It is not long until we hit snow.  This area had a great deal of snow not long ago, evidenced by the just plowed piles and the salt residue on the road.

Once we clear the peak just north of Donner Pass the scenery outside our windows change dramatically.  The trees disappear, the road levels off pushing the mountain peaks into the distance. 

 Up and down over the hills has our little travel partner beside herself.

She is a trooper and settles back down for the rest of the ride through Utah.

It never seems to get old, the constant change in the countryside; here changing from the flat sagebrush of western Nevada to the salt flats just outside of Salt Lake City to the most amazing drive, weaving through the peaks surrounding this ski town. 

  Our razor sharp driver keeps his eyes on the road and we make thru another great day on the road.