2 RV's to Carson City, NV ... spending the night in Fernley, NV, just east of Reno.

Because of our permit, we can not enter NV until 9 AM Pacific so we can sleep in a little longer. BB uses some of that time to use the fitness room. I walked to Arbeys last night plus went down for cookies three times :) so that was my workout.

This place had papaya mango juice, it was pretty good so I had two glasses instead of my usual partial glass of apple-orange juice.

A little wet out this AM, fog/dew. We had to wipe down the windows and mirrors before we headed out. For a good share of this first leg the visibility was 1 or 2 10ths of a mile. Couldn't see the hills in NV until we were within a couple of miles, usually it is somewhere between 50-60 miles.

1st stop is the Sinclar just east of Wendover. We saved $.50 a gallon by fueling there instead of at the Pilot in West Wendover at the next exit. We cross the state line/time zone at 10 minutes after so we are legal.

2nd stop is the Sinclar west of Elko, we eat at the Port O Subs. In and out in our half hour.

Just after leaving Elko it starts to rain, I had said "it's desert, how bad can it be." We found out, it did rain hard at times and the wind got quite strong also, BB ended up on the shoulder one time so we backed off on the speed.

One plus of this units is the wipers, washer fluid comes out of the wiper about every inch. Also the 1st two settings are automatic. The harder it rains the faster they go, if a semi passes and splashes, they are on full speed. No reason to take the hands off the wheel.

A second plus is these units hold the speed and the RPMs. The Fords want to down shift and tack out 4,000 RPMs both up and down hill. These units will hold it within 5 mph going up hill and hold almost exact going down hill, RMPs haven't gone over 3,000 the whole trip.

Did see three deer walking toward the road today, other than that nothing of note. Yesterday I did see a lot of sheep near the frontage road where it didn't look like they should be. Then a short distance later, I saw the cowboy, he must have been moving them.

3rd stop, Winnemucca. It was supposed to be a rest stop but I was using more fuel again. I could make it to Fernley ... maybe. I was down to 20 mile range to spare and fuel stops are 50 miles between. We stopped at Pilot as planned, I should have stopped at the Mavrick, it would have saved us $.50 a gallon again. Between the two of us we put in 10 gallons so we 'lost' $5 on this stop. Had mentioned stopping at the new Loves but only if I saw billboards for it. No billboards. Only the shell of the fuel canopy is up so far so it will be months before it opens.

Along that line, the Hampton back in Wells is still under construction. That one may be on year 2 or 3 of construction already. Not sure what the issue is.

4th and final stop is at the Comfort Inn in Fernley. We would have had daylight enough to make it, but we decided back at Winnemucca and had just spent the last two hours driving in rain and wind. Didn't want to be doing that at the end of the day on two lane roads. Drove out of the rain after Winnemucca. My cruise started working about 30 miles before Fernley and had worked for the first 30 this AM. The rest of the day was no cruise which isn't helping my MPG.

After we checked in we drove to the Black Bear. There is a Wendy's and DQ next door at the Pilot but they are on the other side of the rail road tracks. Steep grade, no shoulder under the over pass.

At the Black Bear they no longer have the chicken salad sandwich so I went with the meatloaf, senior size. Got the full size. BB had the fish. No desert.

50 miles left to the drop. And breakfast isn't until 6:30 AM. Once we drop we have almost a four hour drive to Livermore.