July 17th Driving toward Uncle Jim's - Elko, NV

Monday, July 17, 2006
Day 22
Drive to Elko, Nevada

Today was just a driving day. I drove most of the way from Brigham, UT to Elko, NV. It was a relatively easy drive with a few mountains to climb over. The coolest thing was the salt flats in Utah. It looked like snow in the middle of the summer. Very weird. We mostly drove on I-80 today. It was a pretty straight shot. Here in Elko it is around 102 degrees at 5 o’clock in the afternoon. (We are now on Pacific Time!)

I don’t think I could live here in this heat. I have mostly been sitting in the RV in the A/C all afternoon. We picked up some DQ to quench our thirst after we stopped at the RV shop to pick up some things for the travel trailer. They had one of the three things we needed, they had the light cover for our “patio” light. We still need the outside shower cover and the water filter. Oh well, we’ll try again in Fernley.

The kids are playing on the (hot) playground. There is no pool here, and barely any trees. Well the kids are already back from the playground. I think they were there for 10 minutes. I guess it’s too hot for even them! Hopefully tomorrow won’t be as hot?

Oh, for those of you keeping track, Rodney has seen a deer in all the states so far. Not in Nevada yet, but in all the other states. I figure he has a few more days here to see a deer. Tomorrow – Fernley!

Oh, P.S. - The car is running fine and the "check engine" light turned off after about 3 minutes of driving this morning. Yeah! Definitely was the octane.