2 RVs to CA, 1 to Davis, 1 to Manteca

... spending the night at Evanston WY

The marquee sign says 'Hot Breakfast.' And I mentioned that to the staff this AM. They know. It hasn't been changed.

This place has things in the fridge you can microwave. BB had a croissant, I had a french toast sandwich and there were also burritos. Plus individual cups of juice and yogurt.

All that food took a little longer to eat and warm up, so we left after 7:30.

Not much happening today. A few stretches of road construction but not enough traffic for it to be an issue. No lines at the merge but people bunched up by the time they got through.

1st stop is the POE / port of entry at Burns WY. Faces masks are no longer required, but recommended and cash is once again. Staff is wearing masks, some people are, some are not. As we are walking out a guy without a mask is walking up and stops. I tell him they will let him in without a mask ... he asks "What do I do?" ... guess he hadn't been here before. I said just go in, there are three people behind the counter ...

As we are getting ready to leave, I see an RV go past on the frontage road. Where there should have been a slide-out, there was a canvas slighting flopping in the wind. A few miles down the road I see him again, this time on the opposite side of the highway. That sided doesn't look much better. One thing I noticed was his replacement entrance door isn't as tall as the original :)

Just west of Cheyenne there is a dead cow in the pasture, first saw it there last winter. Now it looks like leather laying over a skeleton, guess it will be there as long as it takes nature to get rid of it.

2nd stop is the Exxon in Laramie. $1.99. It is an extra fuel stop but saves me 20 cents a gallon on 25 gallons. I have to wait for a rental RV to fuel and them I am next They need a stop light to get out of there place, and now they are putting a Sinclair across the street. Busy place. I think less than half were wearing masks here. BB doesn't fuel.

3rd stop is Rawlins. BB goes to Walmart to fuel and I go straight to the TA and wait. We get a Subway. Sign on the door says masks required. BB had forgotten as did the next two that came to the door. Those two went back, but a few inside were not wearing masks. Busy at Subway, line. Two people working the counter and one mostly trying to keep up refilling everything they were running out of.

We sat outside on the loan bench in the shade. We were just about done when someone came out the door, stood there and finally asked us if we were from around here. "Not even close" was my reply. Then I pointed to the RV's and we started talking. She and her husband are also transporters, dead heading to KS, then up to MN then down to KY. She wanted to know who we drove for and how much we got paid. She didn't know the city they were going to so when her husband walked out she asked him, he said the name and kept walking ... I guess that was her queue to get going and she was gone. When they left I saw they had their placards on the sides of their car so I'm guessing they tow.

Here BB and I had the discussion ... again ... about how far we were going tonight. Because of one question I asked, BB thought that meant we were stopping in Rock Springs. No, that was just a question, I ask lots of questions.

We remembered to call for our NV permits while we were stopped. They were emailed to us

4th stop is at Cruel Jacks in Rock Springs for a rest stop only. If we had stopped here for the night it was not even 3 PM. No good ice cream so I just got two lemonade.

I had tried running with the AC on a few times when it got to hot but it never really cooled things down. But it is a big steal box. Finally after this stop I was paying more attention. At times the air seemed a little cooler, but later the air coming out of the vents was hot. No matter how hot the air in the RV is, the air coming out the vents should be cool/cold. I finally gave up and opened the windows again.

5th and final stop, Evanson. I stop for fuel at Flying J and BB goes to the motel. I should have gotten the discount card from BB, I could have saved another $1. I don't need fuel here yet, but gas was 40 or 50 cents a gallon cheaper here than at our next stop.

We are now 740 miles from my drop and at 8 mpg I should be able to make 640. So ideally I should be able to make it from my next stop to the drop ... I'll check again in Fernly.

Quality Inn is are stay. Price and reviews are better than the Comfort Inn across the street. We have never stayed there.

Closest food is the Lincoln Tavern across the street. We've eaten there a few times but BB's chicken last time was not good so she didn't want to go back. So we looked at the Japanese steakhouse in the attached building to the motel. Two kinds of steaks, all most everything else was fish. One of those steaks was $25. I doubt anything there does not come in contact with fish so we passed. We looked at delivery but decided to get burgers across the street.

I tried calling but they couldn't hear me (one more thing wrong with my phone?) So we walked across and ordered. Nope, this time it was not my phone. The person who answered was in the cooler. We waited about a half hour for our food. Maybe a dozen people inside. Didn't see anyone come or go. No one wearing masks (except us)

Didn't see much for transporters today. A few stacks of trucks was all I remember.

Supposed to be warmer tomorrow. Can't wait.

Loadboard numbers

US - 113

IA - 16

MN - 6

WI -0-