With the dam tour being done quickly left since we had all of Nevada to cross. Twin Falls Idaho was our destination and I really wanted to stop a couple of more times along the way.  I had planned a long driving day with a few breaks in between. In my head I had ideas of what Nevada was going to look like. Southwest theme was running through my head with largered  rocks balancing on a pinnacles, desert and catcus.  I wan't prepared for the the flowers and the green that was the brush of the basin. You can do all sorts of research, read, look at photos but there is something else about being in the area. One place that I so wanted to see was Cathedral Gorge Park. On my roadtrippers app, it showed that the park was about 30 to 40 miles off the main road. We were going to miss it due to leaving Hoover dam around 10:30 and Las Vegas around noon. However there was an overlook right off the high way so that was going to be our stop except the park wasn't 30 or so miles off the highway.  There was a visitor center right off the highway near Panaca. We pulled in, paid our $5 or so and drove down the dirt road to this amazing sight.  The rock pinnacles rose out of the ground to create these beautiful spires and little tunnel like trails through the spire walls. We walked into a couple of these areas and as soon as we were out of the direct sun the area became noticeably cooler to the point of being pleasant.  We wove our way between the canyon walls looking up and almost gasping from the stark contrast of yellow and reds against the blue sky.  It was beautiful how the light made certain areas glow.  I so wanted to explore here but we were running out of time. We made one more stop and that was the look out over this state park.  Again it was worth the stop to see how these rock formations almost sink into the ground from the flat land of the basin bottom. Knowing that we had almost 5 more hours in the car we knew we had to move on. It was going to be long and the next day was going to be the same. We made our way past Ely Nevada and then about 10 miles out our rear passenger tire basically fell apart. We were in cell coverage. Most of the day we were not but this stretch we had coverage.  We called our roadside assistance but being a Sunday night in a small town, there was absolutely no tow trucks available. We still needed to get to our hotel in Idaho. No way that was going to happen. I called and cancelled explaining what happened and they were gracious to not charge us. As John was getting our stuff ready, I flagged down a vehicle to take us back into the little town we had just passed hoping to find a hotel room. the gentleman who stopped was extremely nice and very gracious although he spoke limited English and we spoke even more limited Spanish. He dropped us off at the first hotel we came to and that concluded our trip for that day.