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

... spending the night at Rocklin CA

I was awake or awoken about 2 in the morning by people talking loudly in the hall. BB had heard people last night walking or exercising in the room above us. Neither of us heard what the other did so both of us got some sleep.

Breakfast, always too much food here and we forget to say hold some of the bacon. With this motel, you get a free hot breakfast at the in motel restaurant. We get the two eggs, meat, toast and juice. The meat is four slices of good thick bacon. I don't know if we have ever both eaten it all, not because it is bad but because it is too much. And I don't get toast.

Usually there is just one person waiting on all the tables and most of the tables have stuff stacked on them waiting to be cleared. This time she is there, plus two more and for a while we were the only customers. This is another place we have eaten indoors. We hadn't planned on it but the place was empty so we did.

Pulled out before 7 AM local, BB had been up since 4:30 local so we were ready to go. And this is the second time that I have dropped my face mask in a parking lot, retraced my steps and found it on the ground. Helps to have a unique one.

But I should be getting a new mask. I don't wear it for long at a time, but have been wearing it for a few weeks. And now my nose has a really bad case of acne. Half a dozen blood scabs right now.

One the way out of town I see an RV like BB's in a parking lot with OR plates. Couldn't see if it was a transporter or not.

1st stop Fernley for the rest room. This time we park with the big rigs instead of trying to fit in with the cars. As we are walking up to the building we see an RV with writing on the window so I am looking closer. One of our transport tags are in the side window so I step back to the drivers window, he rolls the window down, and we talk for a couple of minuets. He is heading to Mogan Hill dealer with an RV out of Indiana. He said there had been 10 RV's on the load board that day. I haven't been watching so I didn't know we were ever getting anything anymore. We see the driver again as we are walking out and he is walking in.

Because we are going to be getting to the motel very early anyways, we take a half hour break here and just walk around the parking lot. And we see a flat bed with two of our small RV's on it. If the timing had been right I would have asked where he was going. But I'm guessing I will be waiting for him tomorrow AM.

2nd stop ... was supposed to have been Gold Run rest area ... but.

We didn't make it that far. When we left this AM and still when we left Fernley I had an excess fuel mileage range of sixty miles. I lost it. I had told BB that I wouldn't worry about the range until I was down to a 50 mile range, which should have been never. But I got down to 50 at Emigrant Gap and I had 48 miles to go. I do not want to be pulling into the motel with 2 miles to spare ... and the sixty mile excess had been past my drop 30 miles down the road so I lost a 90 mile range.

Shell was crowded but I lucked out and pulled right in while others waited in other lines. I didn't pay attention and to get the Shell rewards discount you need to swipe their card first. Didn't do that so lost out on $.27. At first I was only going to put in 5 gallons, then 10, then saw that fuel was $3.59 a gallon instead of under $2 so I stopped at 9 gallons knowing I may have to put more in later.

My range went from 50 miles to 170 miles on 9 gallon, that is over 13 mpg. I am getting 8.5. It had been 8 mpg in IA and NE, then up to 8.5 in WY now after fueling and on the down hill side of the mountain it has gone up to 8.7.

Lots of traffic. And I find the slow ones and stay behind them. Mostly because I can't get over but also because we are not in a rush. Might have lost that 15 minutes we gained taking the long break.

3rd and final stop. Short day. Rocklin at the Comfort Inn. We do not make a reservation until we are parked. This place has at least a dozen tree trucks. And when we get here someone had blocked the spot I wanted with a pickup and boat, taking up six spots. Not a big deal, there was also a spot outside the trees of the main lot that I fit in, taking up two marked spots and staying within the lines. There were a couple of other places where I would have taken up 5-6 spots but it would have been tight.

No rooms ready yet so we walk to Sourdough and Co, a Subway like place. We've eaten here before but now they have most of the area inside blocked off. Only three people allowed inside, order at the cash register and wait outside. The only people at the outside tables were the ones waiting for food, except us. And later someone else. I had a chicken salad sandwich and broccoli soup and BB had a sandwich and a drink. I could have gotten a smaller sandwich or no soup.

When we get back there is an RV in one of the spots I had eye balled. The guy is still checking in so we said a quick hi. He says he is delivering in West Sacramento. (I think his paperwork is wrong and I will see him later in Davis) But I just said we used to deliver there but we now deliver in Davis.

We've looked at all our stops for tomorrow and my hours. Not sure how but I have 10 hours a day left for next week through Friday. It doesn't look right but all the numbers are there. So we can get the bus and go ... I hope.

We checked in before 3 PM and finally at 5:30 we walked to the closest fast food. Taco Bell. No seating inside but we can order inside. This is the first Taco Bell that I have seen that self order/self pay stations. We have our food in a couple minutes and walk back. I didn't look at the time but it was supposed to be around 99 degrees. Not a good day to take a two mile hike on the asphalt so we didn't.