On December 14, Lizzie received a weather alert for Donner pass for the coming Sunday. So we moved up our departure date by one day and hustled over the Sierra Nevada into Nevada on Saturday, December 18.The landscape was stunning, but Sophia did not like me opening the window to take photos in below-freezing weather at 80 mph.The landscape in Nevada was stunning.As the weather closed in behind us, the basin & ranges of central Nevada were illuminated with dappled light.Epic landscape.Some right-wingers misinterpret Christianity to deny the possibility of evolution. Promoting the theory of evolution was one of the motivations for the entire museum-movement that we will experience over the next several weeks.Central Nevada is wonderfully eccentric.Waves of lenticular clouds forming off the range to the south of us.And the highway vanishing to the horizon.We approached Utah at sunset and crossed the Bonneville Salt Flats in the dark.A sign that we would have a fun trip. Smartphones meant the kids could keep themselves and each other entertained during long stretches of driving.
