Occupation of Independence

 I've made quite a bit of progress, moving north between the meridian lines of 110 degrees West and 114.  How does the land change, so that you know you are making progress?   There is more snow on the mountain tops, certainly.  But altitude-changes confuse your latitude-changes.   Despite going northish most of the time, time zone changes confuse the heck out of me and my little dog.  So far we have whiplashed between Arizona Time, to Mountain Daylight time, to Pacific Daylight, and now back to Mountain Daylight.  Finally, northern ID will become Pacific Daylight.  Does she eat dinner at 3:00 local time or Tummy Time?   Last year I made the mistake of going through Nevada on the western (CA) side of the state.  The grocery store and gas station prices were shocking.  This year I used the eastern side of the state.   The north/south ranges, with sagebrush/grass basins in between, are very attractive in sprin...