Reno to Salt Lake City?

The trip this year is from Reno,  Nevada to Salt Lake City,  Utah.  

Actually,  both of those locations may be somewhat untrue.  I am flying into Reno today,  but probably won't actually bike in the city at all.   My friend Daryl moved to Nevada last year,  and he's picking me up at the airport and driving me down to Minden.  Tomorrow we may bike together over the mountain to the West and down to Lake Tahoe.  If so,  South Lake Tahoe (in California!)  would be my point farthest west.   But for simplicity, let's just say I'm starting in Reno.

The plan is to end up in Salt Lake City.  But,  I can choose between two roads after Ely,  NV.  One goes northeast to SLC,  the other southeast to Cedar City and Zion National Park.   Alicia is flying to Salt Lake,  so if I meet her there we will drive together to Zion (the other,  non-biking part of this trip).   If I head south to the park by myself,  she could drive down alone to meet me.  It might be fun to see Salt Lake City,  but it might be a gross day of biking through sprawl to get there.  We'll see... I have plenty of time to decide.

So while I might end up not biking by either of the places pictured at the bottom of the blog,  they'll have to be good enough.