After realizing that my plan for a "stars over the salt flats" shot was going to be severely effected by the full moon, I went in search of more middle of nowhere shots and a good moonrise vantage point. I drove over a mountain pass and came upon the most amazing valley with a massive pyramid like mountain in the distance. I kept driving down the road until it turned to gravel at a barb wire fence. Turns out that the fence was the Utah/Nevada border and apparently Nevada doesn't have enough taxes from gambling to pave all their roads that run through every valley. I guess the fact that the road turned to gravel was one of the reasons I didn't see another person for the six hours I spent there.
I had found a valley all to myself... and some coyotes... and some strange looking deer...
UT/NV Boarder