2 RV's to Newark CA

... spending the night at Laramie WY

Squeek ... bump ... BUMP ... squeek ... It seems that the person/people above us decided to do their exercises at mid-night. We both had been in a dead sleep and did get back to sleep at some point.

Breakfast was ... yogurt, juice and leftover fried apples. Cracker Barrel had given me three sides of apples, as good as they were I just couldn't finish them. BB had toast hard boiled eggs.

To save on time ...

1st stop was combined with our pre-trip. Fueled at the Phillips a block away. We each put in $30, that would be enough to get us to Ogallala.

2nd stop, two hours down the road is at the Kearney rest area. Half hour break, got some walking in.

3rd stop, over two hours, to Ogallala to Wendy's. Nope. We ate here last trip, inside, but today no you can't even go inside to order. So we go fuel at the Walmart. :( The price of gas went from $1.73 yesterday to $1.85 today. That adds up on 45 gallons apiece.

Then we parked at Walmart and walked to Taco Johns. They had indoor service and indoor seating. All tables in use as normal. We got our food and ate outside. BB's cap blew away but we were able to hang on to our food. BB had a salad and I had 'walking tacos,' what ever they are. They don't have cheese. But they were good.

There was another driver with a Cruise America RV parked at the Walmart, just said a couple of words to him. Didn't get a chance to ask him where he was going. We had to wait for him so we could walk across the street, he was leaving then. Didn't see him again, thought we might see him at the POE in Wyoming.

There was also a Amazon box van sitting at Walmart, never did see the driver.

A couple of blocks from Walmart, a warning light comes on. Not sure what it means but my cruise won't work if it is on. The system re-sets when being restarted so I pull to the side of the entrance ramp and re-start the RV ... a half dozen times. It won't re-set so I run without the cruise for the next 90 miles.

On the Mercedes and these there are a bunch of things tied into the cruise. Sensor's, wind speed, radar, what ever it is it locks out the cruise.

4th stop at the rest area in Sidney. Not sure why but we can make it from Kearney to Sidney but not Sidney to the POE and the miles are the same. This time we only took a 15 minute break ... but that was long enough to re-set the cruise so I'm good again.

While we were stopped, BB borrowed some tape from me as one of her inside doors wouldn't stay closed. That is when she noticed part of her ceiling is falling down. Nothing we can do about it.

5th stop at the POE / Port of Entry in Burns WY. No one else there. Masks must be worn. As we go in the staff all put their masks on ... ??? They now won't take cash so we have to pay an extra $2.25 service fee for using a credit card.

Between yesterday and today we have seen a dozen plus Cruise American vans heading east so they are getting used.

We ran 60 mph for a while today because of the wind. No wind warnings but enough to push us around. Early in the day the wind was from the SE by the end of the day it was from the NW. Not sure where the two met.

6th stop, Comfort Inn in Laramie WY. We check in and walk the few blocks to the Petro and order food to go. One burger and a side salad to split. That was enough. We also got stuff for breakfast as this place still only has grab bags in the AM.

Only ran 9 hours total today so I am picking up time little by little.

We will likely be in Wendover tomorrow night. Not the nicest motel but cheap and where we need to be for miles.

Loadboard

IA - 66

MN - 18

WI - 11

US - 154