Immediately out of St. George we dipped back into Arizona and then SW into Nevada. This was our longest stretch of interstate, about 100 miles. The only alternative route would have added 150 miles. We passed through the Virgin River Gorge, with very high steep mountains on each side, and then out into open desert. We started to see cactuses for the first time. Otherwise, a lot of nothing. We stopped for gas at "Cathouse Plaza" which as the name promised did include one of Nevada's famous legal brothels.
Passing close to Las Vegas, surprisingly there was enough rain falling to wet the road. After another 100 miles of desert highway we reached our planned stop at Beatty, Nev., near Death Valley, which we plan to cross tomorrow. They get no rain at all here for years at a time, but we did get a little rain late this afternoon. The RV park has a pool, which was remarkably cool despite 100-plus air temperature.
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