Wyoming, here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was a Donner Pass Summit rest stop.  It still lots of snow amongst the trees.
 

After going to Yosemite, Monday we headed by car to the old mining town of Coulterville to eat brunch and ask the best way down to Sacremento.  The brunch was great and the people grand.  They gave us wonderful directions and off we went north to I-80 and east.  We have not headed east since we started this journey last September! 

We went right through Nevada stopping at Winnimucca (I love that name) and Elko.  We stopped at the California Pioneer Trail Interpretive center which was in Elko.  We just saw a sign and stopped.  It was another great find.  In Utah we stopped at a rest stop on the salt flats for three hours because the wind was really bad.  It had an interpretive sign about the 40 mile desert that was the deadly dreaded portion of the California Trail! I sure saw the point of the sign!! We went on to Wyoming and stopped at the first town, Evanston, because the weather was supposed to be windy and snowy.  We have not seen snow except in the peaks this winter/spring.  It did snow a little and we roamed the town, staying for 2 nights.  We had a Mexican Dinner that was really good and I cooked a crockpot meal to take with us traveling and I cooked a soup also.

By Sunday I was itchy to go on.  John was listening to the weather that was mostly behind us in Utah mountains, which was predicting snow so he was hesitant.  We headed out and we are now at Rawlings, WY on I-80.  From here I want to turn north away from the highway to Casper, WY to see some historic museums and sights.  The weather here is cold and the wind has gusts 35 plus miles on the highway.  It was not bad traveling today but it will not be great on the highway tomorrow.  We did see snow flurries and John wanted to stop.  He fought wind at times today and that takes a lot out of a driver of a huge sail MH.  We are hooked up to electricity, like in Evanston,  and our electric heaters are on as well as the furnace so we are cozy. We save our propane for boondocking in cooler weather. The campground is right beside the highway and nothing but a parking lot but they do have hookups.  This one is $24- a night.  The other campground was $32-.  Having free internet and a coin laundry helps out.  I washed this morning before heading out. The weather is supposed to change Thursday to be sunny and warmer.  Of course we are in a northern state so maybe spring really did not arrive here yet!