About fifteen minutes out of Nevada City
in what felt like a back forest road, I saw
a snow plough driving towards me on the
other side of the road.
“Hmmm… that’s not a good sign”, I
thought.
Within ten minutes the banks of snow
on the sides of the road grew thicker and
taller and then there were warning signs
with little orange light dots: “Snow ahead.
GO SLOW”.
You don’t expect that on your way to the
Desert!
Sure enough, snow was falling all around
making the long and winding stretch down
to Truckee treacherously slippery, but
luckily everyone on the road was taking
it easy. The Hudson had no problems and
we enjoyed a stop off for a photo with
Lake Tahoe in the background.
Although I was tempted to stop off at my
favorite shoe shop in Reno, I had a lot of
miles to cover, so I bypassed straight past
Sparks and back out into the long desert
stretch on to Vegas. I really enjoyed the
changes in the scenery and the little ghost
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