2 RVs, heading to Reno NV

... spending the night at Winnemucca NV

Interesting breakfast. They don't have a lot of the usual, pre-covid stuff. But they have made to order omelettes, if you ask. We have been here before so we know the routine. Usually the staff asks when you arrive if you want an omelette. This time the staff was seated elsewhere, BB made eye contact with them, and BB still had to ask if they were making omelettes. (Everything was set up, so we know someone was.) We each had an omelette. They were good.

Rolling by 7:30 local. First stop is the next exit for fuel. Just enough fuel to get us to Evanston where it is $.20 a gallon cheaper.

Not much new since last week. Our first full uneventful day.

1st stop is in Evanston for fuel at the Flying J.

2nd stop is in Tooele UT at the TA for food. It was supposed to be Burger King, but the TA has all of their food closed off. So another cold sandwich from the shelf. Eaten out doors at the back of the RV. Today the temps were above freezing.

Before we got to the food, I called for our NV permits. These are something we just need to have a copy on our phone. As far as I know this is the only state that allows this.

UT has an exit weigh scale on I-80 before NV. Today is the first time I think I have ever seen it closed.

3rd stop is in West Wendover for our, maybe, final fuel at the Pilot. 400 miles to the drop.

Right before we get to Elko the NV DOT has an inspection station. Today it is open, one truck being inspected and four DOT pickups sitting there. I thought we had a good chance of getting flagged in. But not today. IF we do get an inspection AND we have no issues, it is an extra $100 each for us. But if they find an issue, then it's not quite as good :(

4th stop is the Sinclair in Elko for a restroom break. When we are stopped I try to call the bus dispatcher but no answer.

We decide that Winnemucca is as far as we will go. Getting to Fernley would mean two hours of after dark driving and the storms look like they will be holding off until noon.

I had planned on fueling again in Winnemucca, but BB may not need to fuel at all so I will wait. I have enough fuel to get to Fernley where we plan on stopping anyway. My fuel range is still 20 miles short of the border at Elko. It slowly goes up so that I am 7 miles past the border, but drops on one of the passes back to the border. But is back up to 7 over by Winnemucca. I am going to want to have 30-40 miles range past the border when I leave Fernley.

5th and final stop is Winnemucca at the Quality Inn. As soon as we are checked in we order food from across the street at The Pig. It is ready in 10 minutes. Pretty much the same routine as last week.

Wrong, As soon as we were in the room I called the dispatcher. This time he answered. Yes, he should have work. Maybe Denver. I wanted to know tonight so we weren't on the way to a bus when he said no. Then we would have to make a U-turn and head home.

A couple of years ago we did a Grand Junction CO bus, but that is the shortest one we have done. We'll see how it pays. If the weather is good, we might make it home faster than we made it out here.

IF, if we go to Denver we would come back on I-80 and drop south at Cheyenne. From there Denver is 100 miles south. But right now I give it a 50-50 chance that that is where we will go. Other drivers can get out of Denver, if he gets a 'hard to get out of' location, that is where we'll be going.

I saw two transporters today. One UPS style white van and one Sprinter style van like we are driving, but it wasn't converted. Yesterday I did see one bus, but it wasn't being driven, it was being hauled. A battery operated bus.

Load board

US - 329

IA - 165

MN - 1

WI - 17

At this rate we could be back in IA on Wednesday and do another CA run before the end of the month. Not sure we want to do that.

I do plan on running some numbers on the shorter trips to see which ones we could make money on, but haven't done it so far.