long drive - no flight

I hadn't realized that it was Labour Day's weekend. So traffic was heavy and Ron Peck, the guy I wanted to meet in LAS, was away in the Owens, so I didn't want to fly on my own on any unknown site.
San Bernardino - Cedar City: > 500miles/ 800kms with some detours: especially impressing were the trains and tracks at Cajun Pass: 4 (more or less) parallel tracks. The train I saw had 4 engines and more than 100 cars loaded with (doublestacked) containers and trailers!



I had a look at the flying sites of Jean Drybed/ Jean ridge, Goodsprings and the 'Usual' at St.George. I also passed by the Hoover dam (with thousands of others), then along the north shore of Lake Meade. Temperatures in LAS were in the low 100's (almost 40C).
I'm staying the next 2 nights in Cedar City and shall be meeting Stacy (my guide here in Utah) tomorrow (SUN) at 1000 at the LZ of Cedar City.