Travel
Sacramento to Ely, NV: 445 miles; 9 hrs.
On Wednesday I realized I had no TV or internet connection - I mistakenly asked AT&T to turn it off on Apr. 1 rather than Apr. 2. No TV and no internet is hard to deal with when you are used to them - mostly the internet.
I had decided to wait until Sunday or the day after, letting the spring breakers move out of the way, but I left this morning as originally planned. I had no traffic going east, and relatively little oncoming traffic. It was amazing! There were a lot of folks out at Lake Tahoe but I drove through there with no problems, and then had the same experience on US50 through Nevada. Any traffic to be seen was going in the opposite direction. Still, I drove a lot miles and I'm really tired. I'll experience an hour time change 1st thing tomorrow so I'll try to get to sleep early.
I had thought I might camp in the National Forest, but the weather is just too cold and windy in Nevada and I'm choosing the comfort of sleeping inside tonight. Maybe tomorrow - I hope it's a bit warmer but you just never know and this is almost a month early for great weather.
It makes me wish I had a teardrop camper, until I see the nice bathroom and beautiful shower in my motel room. I asked for a room on the first floor and they gave me a handicapped room with a huge shower!
Tomorrow I'll have between 2 and 3 hours of Nevada, and then into Utah. I hope to write from Utah tomorrow unless, of course, I am camping.
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Travel
Day 1 - Nevada
Sacramento to Ely, NV: 445 miles; 9 hrs.
On Wednesday I realized I had no TV or internet connection - I mistakenly asked AT&T to turn it off on Apr. 1 rather than Apr. 2. No TV and no internet is hard to deal with when you are used to them - mostly the internet.
I had decided to wait until Sunday or the day after, letting the spring breakers move out of the way, but I left this morning as originally planned. I had no traffic going east, and relatively little oncoming traffic. It was amazing! There were a lot of folks out at Lake Tahoe but I drove through there with no problems, and then had the same experience on US50 through Nevada. Any traffic to be seen was going in the opposite direction. Still, I drove a lot miles and I'm really tired. I'll experience an hour time change 1st thing tomorrow so I'll try to get to sleep early.
I had thought I might camp in the National Forest, but the weather is just too cold and windy in Nevada and I'm choosing the comfort of sleeping inside tonight. Maybe tomorrow - I hope it's a bit warmer but you just never know and this is almost a month early for great weather.
It makes me wish I had a teardrop camper, until I see the nice bathroom and beautiful shower in my motel room. I asked for a room on the first floor and they gave me a handicapped room with a huge shower!
Tomorrow I'll have between 2 and 3 hours of Nevada, and then into Utah. I hope to write from Utah tomorrow unless, of course, I am camping.
- On The Road Again
I was all set to go to the Badlands, however, as was pointed out to me, the weather wasn't looking good. I had my heart set on stopping at Wounded Knee Massacre Site, to the Badlands, and even to the Wall Drug Store. But I hope the weather...
- Enthusiasm Picking Up!
I kind of thought I'd get back in my groove but was beginning to wonder. I've made phone calls this morning to cancel services such as AT&T. For all the problems I usually experience trying to get something done by telephone with...
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