2 RV's to Reno NV

... spending the night in Rawlins WY

Breakfast ... big burrito. I picked bacon but it was so spicy that I never tasted it, didn't find any pieces big enough to chew on either. Also had yogurt and canned juice.

I was able to get a partial look at the big dig today but then a truck was in the way. The digger is back in amongst the piles so there is a short window to see it.

1st stop was the Loves in Green River. We used to stop in Rock Springs but the Flying J is too small/too busy and the Shell isn't the nicest. Not bad, just not new.

Today we saw an oversized load. It was sitting at the entrance from a truck parking area. It was taking up the entrance ramp, the shoulder and the right lane. They looked like they were sitting there thinking ... we got this far, now what. They were not too far from single lane, two way traffic, through road construction and no major side roads that I noticed in that area.

Had a semi cut me off today and it was just one of those days. I let him know.

The semi had a 53' trailer and a 32' trailer. He had his signal on when he came up beside me so I was watching him closely. Then when the pup was about at my drivers door he came over on me. I hit the breaks, checked my mirror ... I had an opening ... and I got over in the left lane, passed him and tooted my horn at him. After that he stayed way back for a few miles.

Then sometime in the next hour, he passes us going down hill. This time he gave me 60 feet before he pulled in front of me. Same to the next car. Then we passed him going up the next hill and we never saw him again. Because of how he responded, I don't think he remembered he was pulling two trailers. But even if he hadn't had the 2nd trailer, he still was not far enough ahead of me the first time.

2nd stop is Evanston at the Flying J for Subway. I used rewards points. I had about $50 of points that I wanted to move to a new card but Flying J hasn't followed through so I will just spend them ASAP and start over.

From here we also call for are NV permits.

After we cross the UT scale, we catch up to two school buses in transit that had passed us before. This time it looked like the 1st driver was really struggling. 55 mph, 65 mph. Before they were going 70 mph. I tried to pass but then they would speed up. Luckily for me they pulled off at a rest area a few miles down the road.

3rd stop is Lake Point for more and final ? fuel at the Flying J.

When I leave Flying J I am still short of range for the NV/CA border by 20 miles. But the next 100 miles are close to or on the salt flats and I am soon up to a range of 40 miles past the border. So I shouldn't have to add any more fuel.

4th stop is at the rest area near Wendover. From here BB tries to make a reservation but they error out so we will just wait until we get to the hotel. We had gotten going earlier this AM on the chance we wanted to push on to Winnemucca but not today.

5th and final stop is the Comfort Inn in Eko. BB makes a reservation from the parking lot. We walk in and they have two rooms for us. Then BB looks online and sees a third reservation. I check and the only one that was confirmed to us was the one from the parking lot. Luckily the person at the desk said they would cancel the other two, once they knew that a 3d party was not involved. We checked later and they had been canceled. Something else to watch for.

As soon as we are checked in we walk to the Pizza Barn next door and order. It will be 20 minutes so we walk the strip mall to get a walk in. We have eaten here before. Good food. I get a mini pizza and BB gets a ??? Something like a pizza wrap? Enough food for two.

Ring ... my phone rings. It is the bus dispatcher. Calling ME. And a day early. After we are done talking he calls again to confirm something we missed. He needs drivers. He even asked if BB could drive :)

Not sure what or from where, but I am likely coming right back to my home state. It sounds like the company is picking up a 2nd bus shipper in CA and he needs help. Great news.

As BB and I walked the parking lot earlier we were trying to decide where to stash the RV depending on if we were heading home or heading to CA. That question has been answered. First time I have known the day before.

Load board

US - 576

IA - 296

MN - 7

WI - 10

Just saw on FB that one of the drivers I talk to got a call from Hertz today that they had to cancel his car as they didn't have enough cars. He tried the person that a lot of drivers swear by that can always help them out. No cars. I have posted that before. If there are no cars, no one can get you a car. So for now he is stuck in Orlando.

With this many trips on the load board I don't even look too close at them. There is stuff going everywhere, from just about everywhere (Except from CA, if you can't drive a bus)

Two hour time difference here. We will leave out before 7 AM local, get to the drop around noon, then four hours to the Livermore area.