Today was hot! We drove through deserts of rocks for about 3 hours in the heat with nothing in between. It was a beautiful drive, but it was too hot to hike, and there was no shade. So we kept on driving.

It’s so weird being back in Rodger after Bertie. Bertie is so sleek, modern and smooth, whereas Rodger is rough, vintage, and bouncy. At night in Bertie, our blockout blinks snap to the windows with magnets. With Rodger, it’s an elaborate closing of blinds, snapping them onto the window with clips, and numerous pegs to close off the gaps.

But there are many things to love about Rodger too, He just looks so damn cool driving through the deserts of Utah. And I love the fact I can climb through to the back from the cab. I do this sometimes when we are driving even. And the fridge is so big, we can fit a weeks worth of food in there. The bed system is much easier too, and the composting toilet is a game changer.

We didn’t do much today other than drive, and we clocked up over 300km. We eventually found some trees in a national forest, and found a nice free little spot all to ourselves in the shade.