This was my first long drive, 8+ hours, mostly on I15. I spent the night at Rebecca's house in SLC so it was a little shorter than it might have been. This was my introduction to interesting bird antics.
First, I'm driving down the road and off to the left is this sign about a ranch being for sale, and there in the process of crossing the dirt road to the ranch is a chicken...
Later in the afternoon I noticed a dirt road paralleling the freeway. This road had a dozen or so crows standing around. Weird. Then about 5 minutes down the road there's another murder of crows standing around on the dirt road. And again, and again, and again. It was like a crow convention with committees of 12-17 evenly spaced. I think there were about 8 committees in all. It was very strange. I wish I had pulled over to take pictures, but I just didn't think there would be so many.
The drive itself was gorgeous.
I ended up staying at the Gold Coast casino, I nice place to visit if you LIKE casinos. For me they're a bit like visiting hell. The slot machine noise and blinking lights are designed to give me migraines and the inevitable cigarette smoke leads to the inevitable asthma attack. Of course, the rooms are only accessible if you walk the length of the casino. The room was gorgeous though and very reasonably priced on a Thursday.
The university library was FABULOUS and more than worth the visit.
I tried to go birding at the Springs Preserve, but it was too hot and too deserted for me. I hit the road for Phoenix.
Salt Lake city to Las Vegas - Photos at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsemenza/sets/72157604073211787/
University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Photos at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsemenza/sets/72157604073262313/
Clark County Public Library - Photos at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsemenza/sets/72157604073291123/
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