Friday, August 10, 2018
Day 24The crew arrived EARLY today so we were up before 7 to move our cars out to the road to make way for the asphalt equipment and truck. I've seen a lot of road construction but never really paid much attention to it. It was really interesting. The men have been doing that kind of job for a long time and are quite proficient. When Jackie and I walked back into the house from the road we saw two of the men laying in the equipment. It looked like they were taking a nap before they started work!! Maybe partied too late :-). but they were actually working on the equipment. The guys were quite friendly. Asked me where I lived. When I told them Tennessee, they said is that on the east coast? I said I was originally from Chico but lived there now. He said Oh!! Chico State University?? The party school. Cracked me up that he didn't know where Tennessee was but knew about Chico!! 😊 He was the man on the left, the owner of the paving company.
Finally got a picture of me with Jackie. I've had a hard time remembering to get pictures. Not good.
When it was time to take my suitcase etc. out, Jack loaded it into his cart and motored it out to the road. Had us laughing! Tennessee or Bust!!! He made the cart out of an old lawnmower. :-)
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| Almost done! |
The highway to Reno was beautiful today. All areas were smoky or at least a little hazy so didn't get any really crisp looking pictures. But was still a gorgeous drive. I stopped at a rest stop on Donner Summitt and stopped to take a picture of Donner Lake.
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| Donner Pass |
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| Donner Pass |
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| Donner Lake |
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| At vista point above Donner Lake |
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| Entering Truckee |
When I left Lovelock, NV I turned on my podcast and started listening to Pastor Tim Harris' sermons. He is Tina and Brandon's pastor at Woodburn Baptist Church in KY. I listened to two of his and then 2 of my pastor's sermons, Pastor James Johnson, First United Methodist Church, in Gallatin, TN. When I got a few miles past Battle Mountain, NV, an alert showed up on the navigation screen saying "Your fuel level is low" and a yellow icon of a gas pump on the dash showed up. I had 19 miles worth of gas left. She (my navigator) asked if I would like to see the nearest gas station. I said YES!! So I had to go 4 miles to an exit and then go back 15 miles to Battle Mountain!!! this is after I bragged to Jackie that I had never let the gas get low enough to know how it alerted when gas low!!! So needless to say I was sweating it - literally. I turned off the a/c and slowed down some to conserve gas. When I got to the station it said I had 2 miles left to go. I put 15.6 gallons in. I think the tank is 16 gallons. There is always a first time for everything. I just hope it's the last time I do that!! At least I have AAA and I did have a cell phone reception.
I'm staying at the Red Lion Hotel and Casino in Elko, NV tonight. Very nice room but it was very cold since the a/c was set on 67. So I switched it over to heat. It was hot here in Elko when I arrived but now is 79 and going to be 59 tonight. Elko is at 5000'. But it is high desert so it doesn't look like it. All of the cities of any size along I-80 have the initial of their name on a hillside nearby.
I had a good dinner. Chicken Caesar salad and some sourdough bread. I have no idea what that orangish/brown round thing is. It had a familiar smell but I couldn't decide what it smelled like. I couldn't eat it. Couldn't bite it or break it but it was flexible!!
The hotel comped me $15 to play on the slots. So I cashed out with $25. Dinner cost $13. I gained a little and didn't use my money to play. Was fun. Then came to room to get my feet elevated. They don't like being dependent all day!! :-(
The wifi is very slow here. Trying to get the photos I took to transfer over to the Mac.I am going to have to quit. I have many more pictures but I can't get them to download.
So I will close for now. Take care. More tomorrow from someplace east of here. :-)
Hugs, Carol
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