By fluke we happened to notice an RV detailing outfit cleaning a neighbour’s RV. After a short conversation, we made arrangements to have ours done. After all the diesel that was sprayed out from the truck, it was looking pretty dirty. They spent several hours on our rig, scrubbed the roof, washed and waxed it
A very nice day today, almost 80 Fahrenheit. We drove the 15 minutes up to the Casinos on the Nevada side of the Colorado River. We grabbed a coffee and snacks at the Dunkin Donuts in the Edgewater Casino and then sat outside and enjoyed the warm sun. We walked up the river to the
We pulled out of Hawthorne, NV and headed East with fingers crossed. Truck is running well again and we enjoyed a pretty good tailwind all the way to Tonopah, NV. We were enjoying 17 miles / gallon. Originally we had planned to stay a couple days in Tonopah and explore an abandoned airport a few
4 hours SW of Winnemucca we stopped in Hawthorne, NV at the Whiskey Flats RV Park. It’s a nice RV park with cement pads and full service pull throughs. Easy to find and wide, well groomed streets. The town of Hawthorne is not large and has a lot of closed businesses. Hawthorne is Adjacent
We took a short break this afternoon to tour the Humboldt Museum. Wasn’t expecting much, however it was a great choice. From mammoth bones, Chief Winnemucca history, Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid references, western gold rush, early settler history along with a carriage and antique auto display, it was very high quality. Very glad that
It took us about 4 hours to drive up to Reno and find our campground. The KOA is located on the west side of the city right off the Interstate near the Boomtown Casino. Once we got set up we drove into downtown Reno. Our first stop was at the Eldorado Casino. We bought tickets
We rolled out of Needles, California and drove North to Las Vegas, NV. We drove right into the Strip and into the KOA right behind Circus Circus. We walked up the Strip and had dinner in the Gilley’s Bar in the Treasure Island Casino. Both of us did a bit of gambling and I cashed
Rolled out of the KOA about 9 AM and drove North through the desert to Hawkesworth, NV. Today we passed an airfield where drones were doing circuits and into Hawkesworth which has a military base dedicated to the storage of military ammunition. The whole area has thousands of buildings where the ordinance is stored. We
