Forgiveness and Smartphones

We made it through Arizona (gorgeous) and started seeing our first palm trees at the Nevada border. We've had a spectacularly picturesque drive, but with reeeeeally spotty reception. We had a rousing discussion on the existence of aliens (Michael claims to have seen a UFO, but I'm quite certain that he's yanking my chain). Also, we just remembered that some of the rocky mountainsides in Utah were steaming - any clues as to why that would be? The drive has been perfectly pleasant today, with only a few disagreements brought on today by tunnel vision focus on smartphones. iPhones are certainly not wePhones.