Nevada Heat

I took off from Utah in the cool morning camping at 6,000 ft or so.

I crossed a first Range and through the basin and valley, up through another range. The whole of Nevada is a washboard of this up and down, basin and range. Coming into the second valley I saw one of those great blue mountains tilted with a skirt of erosion flowing down. I like to paint in these situations where I never even decide if I should paint or not-- I'm just overtaken by the scene and am just into it.

I had to get going though as the forecast heat was 115'