Archive for ‘June 7th, 2009’

Fernley to Elko

It was a beautiful day from start to finish. The air, the sky, the road – perfect! There were rest areas as needed and nearly every exit had rv/truck spots. The views were magnificent.

The miles passed effortlessly even taking breaks when wanted.

The colors of the desert…

…greener than expected from recent rains.

I had turned briefly to check on Bob and Karl. Bob was so comfortably sprawled that I decided to see if I could catch it. I couldn’t look in the camera – this was one of those very lucky shots. I was so pleasantly surprised to see that I caught Karl also. They look so stressed about travelling don’t they???

To Elko

A wonderfully restful evening and night. It was cool and blustery last evening. Clouds moved in and it is a bit balmy this morning. Rain and maybe thunderstorms are in our path. It looks like an 8 a.m. departure will work best. Elko is to have some storms this morning, clearing and then late afternoon storms so leaving at 8 will hopefully get us there in the clear spot. As always, will just pull over and wait out anything unsafe to drive in.

I-80 East all the way from Fernley to Elko today.

Nevada morning…

…from this morning’s walk.

11:00 a.m. At a rest stop just west of Winnemucca for a break, walk and early lunch. Probably will not post another update until arrival as good signal, but “roaming”….and I’m only 150 miles from Elko. Will probably be leaving here 11:30ish, have a fuel stop at some point so hope to be parked 2:30-3:30 if no delays. So far weather looks fine and wind has not been bad.

3:00 p.m. We are arrived and plugged in. Today was the best travel day of any so far! Good roads, gorgeous desert scenery, cool air that smelled of sage and not too much wind. A little rain here and there. The wind is picking up now and dark clouds so will get final outside stuff hooked up and Karl for a walk in case we get thunder-lightning fun.