2025 Wyoming Roadtrip - Day #8 - to Wells, Nevada

Up early, I did a 30 minute low impact ride on the Peloton bike in the Snow King's fitness room. I had a little bit of a struggle getting logged into the bike and connecting my bluetooth headphones. After the bike ride, I did a 10 minute upper body workout.

Packing up the room, loading the car and checking out, Sharon and I met Cindy and Larkin at Nora's Fish Creek Inn in Wilson for a late breakfast. We both had huevos rancheros.

From there, we started for Wells. I drove the first leg from Wilson through Apline to Swan Valley (1 1/2 hours). Sharon drove from Swan Valley to a rest area on I15 called the Hell's Half Acre (1 hour and 10 minutes). Taking a break, we walked the interpretive trail off the rest area.


With a stop for gas in American Falls, I drove from the rest area to Twin Falls (2 hours). We switched again; Sharon drove to Jackpot. Trying to figure out where to have dinner along the way, we settled on the Desert Room in the Cactus Petes Casino in Jackpot. With the time change at the Idaho/Nevada border, we got to Jackpot about 5:30 pm. Sharon had fish and chips, while I had a club sandwich.

The clientele and servers in the restaurant kicked off an extended social political discussion that continued over the next day.

I drove the last hour into Wells, Nevada. We got there about 7:30 pm. We are spending one night at the Hampton Inn. I think that it is the first time that I ever checked into a major chain hotel that had paper signs everywhere saying that they were sold out for the night and there was no vacancy.

Watching the Big Bany Theory, Sharon and I crashed about 9 pm (10 pm Wyoming time).