2 RV's, 1 to Reno NV, 1 to Manteca CA

... spending the night at Lake Point UT

No alarm, short day. So we are up at 5 AM local ...

This place is still being remodeled so the breakfast area is the front desk. We saw the fridge, but then the clerk said their was also hot food that they could dish up. Eggs and bacon, lots of bacon. I end up bringing a few of the strips with to eat later tonight.

My mind was drifting elsewhere, I did not see the 'big dig' today.

1st stop was in Green River at the Love's for fuel. $.35 less than where we used to stop at the Shell station. This is when I call dispatch to see if we can get a NV permit for two days, we can.

2nd stop was an Arby's in Evanston. It was only 11 AM local so they were just opening. The temps have risen from about freezing up to the 50's so we were able to eat outside again.

3rd and final stop(s) in Lake Point. First we put in fuel at the Flying J, I put in enough to get to Battle Mountain where fuel is cheaper. I am four miles short in range but the range goes up and down.

When picked up in IA my mpg was under 8, now it is up to 14.3. I am hoping for 15 mpg and the current mpg is around 17.

Then we drive across the street to the Comfort Inn. It is only 1:30 local but we are able to check in.

Not sure how often they have evening soup, but they do tonight. Loaded potato soup at 3 PM local. So that is when we head back down. Then I top mine off with some of the bacon from this morning :)

But that was not enough so about 6 PM we head back over to the Flying J for some shelf food. First we looked at the pizza and then looked at other things. When we came back to the pizza, they only had one piece left that we wanted. So I ended up with a Philly and a piece of pizza. I was full before I ate the pizza so that went in the fridge.

As soon as we checked in I called for permits. We thought we had it all planned out, then they asked one question that caught us off guard. The 1st permit will only get us to the 1st night, then that permit is done. So we can not start on Saturday until our 2nd permit is good. It tightens the time frame a little but there aren't any good hotels past Elko.

We had hoped to get to Winnemucca but we looked online before we called for permits and the two Choice hotels in town are full. Good thing we looked ahead of time. There is a Best Western but that was way over $100. As are most of the hotels in Reno on Sunday night. There is a Quality Inn that is cheaper but it has a small parking lot. These RV's will fit if we get there early but I wouldn't stay there with anything bigger.

Load board

US - 291

IA - 61/58

MN - 5

WI - 16

Sunday are plans are to get another 300 miles, so 500 miles in two days instead of one day. That Quality Inn is about 6 miles from the drop. 8 AM is the earliest we can drop. Some times it goes quickly, last time I wonder if they forgot about me. We have about three hours for them to do a half hour inspection. Hopefully not an issue.