We were up before breakfast was supposed to be served ... now I remember yesterday. At the Comfort Inn in Sidney we were down a half hour before breakfast was supposed to start. Us and a whole bunch of other people. Taking what ever food was set out. I was OK, we were going to have a buffet at noon so yogurt was enough. Then they put out omelettes with cheese and other stuff in them ...

Back to this morning at the Quality Inn. All the food is out and we look like the first ones down, everything is still clean. Just eggs, biscuits and gravy. When the help asked how the food was, I asked if the gravy was supposed to be boiling ;0

... no, they had not taken off the safe charge last night and he couldn't figure out how to get it off today. So twice in a row we've paid for the safe here. It's only $1.50 ... plus tax ... times about 200 motels a year. It adds up.

Sun is not up yet this am, no sure it was even first light. But by the time we got a few miles down the road I could see the white lines beyond my headlights. And I could see a couple of clouds in the sky. The smoke had cleared overnight. Did not see the sun until we were all the way down the 'hills' and near Salt Lake. Too close to the base of the hills.

"201 closed ahead" That is our short cut going through Salt Lake City. There were no signs before we got on 201, only after. Not know the roads, I took one that pointed to the airport to get back on to I-80. I see there was one that would have been shorter but I was afraid of getting one that was longer ... much longer.

And it might have been good that we didn't try to get this far last night. Not sure when the fire had been but just before the Flying J there had been a recent fire including in the median. No fire trucks but posts were still smoking as were a lot of the railroad ties. Not sure if that is why a train was sitting where it was, but very likely not a good idea to take a train load worth millions down a smoking track.

Stopped at the Flying J in Tooele for fuel. Not sure what caused it all but neither of my credit cards would work. I may have swiped the card the same time as BB, that will do it. And I did mis-type my zip code, but it usually gives me a second chance ... and the other card said it was 'an unusual purchase.'

Did get fuel, it just took a little longer. From here I MAY get to delivery. If I waited until Wendover and filled I would be leaving gallons ...

I don't know if there was an event or just a bunch of like minded people but at the westbound rest area in the salt flats there were cars out on the flats and dozens and dozens of people out walking on the flats. Usually there are only a couple of people and no cars.

Next stop was the truckers lounge in Wendover. I think it is owned by the casino's, but it has a very large truck lot, rest rooms and showers. Works for us. Today we took a half hour DOT time here.

Elko, no buffet today. We ate at Burger King. If you look close at their screen showing the orders it also shows the time. I finally had to ask "What's going on, my order has been on the screen for over 10 minutes and you are serving the drive thru in under three minutes." At that point they offered me my money back (there was a line.) I said no, but I did finally get my food about a minute after that.

Next stop was Winnemucca. BB needs fuel, I don't ... yet. I have gone from being short 10 miles to over 10 miles but I'm not sure I want to run the tank down to one gallon. Mileage hasn't changed much, just under 8 mpg.

It'll make it a long day, but we've mostly decided to go to Verdi tonight. That will be 600+ instead of our usual 500 daily miles. That will get us past Reno and any rush our traffic, and into our usual motel.

We do stop after two hours and eat at Denny's in the Flying J. Maybe would should have picked another fast food. Food was fine but it took an hour. We can usually get in and out of fast food in a half hour and this is getting to be a long day.

... and maybe we wouldn't have had the sun in our eyes if we'd have been that little bit earlier. And we could have eaten the lobster buffet ...

Best Western in Verdi.

Tomorrow I will have to call Ford again and try to get someone who knows how to handle the RV issues. Most likely I will be dropping it at a dealer, but I want to get it as close to delivery as I can so I get paid for as many miles as I can. This would not have been a money making trip if I had had to leave my in Omaha.

The other down side is, now I won't get paid until someone else delivers this RV. Usually we get paid within 2-24 hours of delivery.

... my cell phone has been giving me issues. Now it has lost a bunch of my contact info. Recent calls are still there but the contact info is gone, just the lists the number now. Also older contacts. Yet it is saving email address and birthdays ... instead of phone numbers.

???

Long day. Drop somewhere tomorrow and then see if I can get a bus from the person filling in for the usual dispatcher. Should be an interesting day.