1 bus to Beloit WI
... spending the night at Wendover UT
))) written over a week after the events (((
2nd night in a week we have stayed at this hotel. Wish it was cheaper :)
I call shortly after 6:30 AM central time to get a NV permit. Someone answers on the first couple of rings. They usually work the night shift so they don't seem to be fully awake. There are a few times when I am telling him what he needs to know without him asking me. But we got it right. When I ask about no one answering the phone after 5 PM last night he says that some people ... work banker's hours, old time bankers hours. I took that to mean that they work when they wanted to.
Light traffic, still snow once we get up a few thousand feet.
1st stop is at Donner Pass. Less snow, but still lots of snow. Even took some pictures.
The permit is good before we get to the border. Only lost it once coming down the pass, the ruts are so deep in the pavement that sometimes the bus will rock from one side of the rut to the other.
No issues with the noon traffic in Reno, not even much of a slow down.
Port o Subs in Lovelock. There is a line, of two. But they are working on an online order of a few huge sandwiches so it takes a while to get our food. We are still in and out within a half hour. We are the only ones who eat inside.
The cheapest fuel we an find is not our usual discounted fuel, but the posted price that everyone else pays at the Maverick in Battle Mountain. Yes, the Shell has it cheaper again today but we don't want to risk putting in 'old fuel. (?) Plan was to fill, but I ran the pump on my personal card and it stopped at $175. My guess is that it was almost full so I did not re-start but also we can't do actual mileage because it wasn't full.
In Elko we just stop for a quick break. I do put in DEF as this place is a nice place but mostly empty. DEF was not full at pickup so I'll need some soon and I should be able to make it from here to the drop without adding more.
We had talked about pushing it, but we are on west coast time and yesterday was a long day. We had also talked about stopping short an hour because the hotel there was some cheaper. But Wendover again it is.
Room to park when we get there but not much in the AM when we go to leave.
The food truck we eat at is in our parking lot. No one waiting today. The food truck a block away has about a dozen people waiting. I get the Philly again but they are out of peppers (?) Today I get two extra taco's so I have breakfast in the AM.
9:30 - Rocklin CA - Comfort Inn - leave hotel
11 AM - Donner Pass CA - break
1 PM - Lovelock NV - Port O Subs - food
4 PM - Battle Mountain NY - Mavrick - fuel
5:30 - Elko NV - Sinclear - break
7 PM - Wendover UT - Quality Inn
7:30 - Wendover UT - food truck - food
Loadboard
US - 236
IA - 67/66
MN - 6
WI - 1