Went to bed early (west coast time) last night so we were up by 5 am. The only reason we needed to get going that early was our NV permit. It is for 24 hours and we entered the state at 11:30 so we needed to be out of the state by 11:30. We made it with 45 minutes to spare.

Breakfast is at the Model-T Cafe. Four slices of big fat bacon, two eggs, toast and juice. If you don't want one of the 'free' options you can take $2 off any menu item. I'm thinking the above breakfast is worth way more than the $2.

The sun didn't come up this AM until I was pulling on the freeway, so I had that in my face for a few hours.

1st stop was Elko. We tried the Sinclair as it is listed as a truck stop. It does have more room than the Maverick we have been stopping at. Heading west we could see they are just about done building another Sinclair truckstop at the west edge of town. The new one has separate diesel islands. Also we noticed that Elko County Fair was going on this weekend. BUT we have to be out of the state before our permit expires.

Next stop was the Burger King in West Wendover. If we had less time, we would have had to park across the state line and eaten at one of the places that was within walking distance. Lots of times we get a buffet when we are in this town, they have a pretty good discount for CDL drivers. But neither of us was that hungry after a good breakfast. We took our half hour break and were rolling.

Across the salt flats and we are at Tooele (Twila) at the Flying J. The smashed RV is gone. We take a half hour here also to try and buy time to make it to Des Moines on Monday night. We are cutting it pretty close, right now we are still short of time.

Long climb up to Evanston but the bus does good unless I need to slow down for a truck. Once I loose my momentum it's pretty hard to get it back. Lots of trucks in the parking lot again today, just like there was on Tuesday. But only one person ahead of me and he didn't have his paperwork so I was next. I had all my info and was in and out in about five minutes.

Then about two miles to the motel. Off the road before 4 pm local. Quality Inn, they had given away their last king room, so we ended up with two queens. IF we stay up for it, there is the 4th of July fireworks tonight as well as a rodeo in town ... and a taxi to get us there. I said 'no thanks.'

Food was the Highway 30 Tavern. Food was cheaper than the steakhouse ... and was really good. A little too loud for this old man, they had the WY collage football game on. WY lost 41-19. I had a patty melt and BB had a bison burger, both were really good ... did I say that already? ;)

Then we took a short walk for the day. Where we ate last time is now closed. JB's, I thought they were good but looking at the last reviews they had more 1's than 2-5's combined. The corp website still lists this as one of their locations so I don't know if there is a plan to re-open. Signs are all still up ... last message was 'Mothers Day Special.'

The math says I am still 45 minutes short of making it to Des Moines Sunday night. If we don't make it that far, we'd need to leave by 6 am out of Omaha to make delivery in MN by 3 pm. IF nothing goes wrong, no wait at the wash etc. The only thing for motels between Omaha and Des Moines are Super 8's and ma-pa motels. And none of them get great reviews.

Not delivering until Wednesday just means one more nights motel.