We left Yuma on Tuesday the 24th just after 9:00 in the morning. We said Good-bye to Grover and his owners, a neighbor and waived to the campers that had gathered to play shuffleboard by the club house. We drove on Highway 95 through Arizona, California, and arrived in Beatty NV for the night. The highway had lots of dips in the road that warned you to avoid going into the dips when they were flooded.
We stopped for gas at a station that listed the price as $5.99 9/10. What? I knew the prices had gone up but that seemed ridiculous. Luckily the pump didn’t work properly and Brian only got about one gallon of gas. We drove a little bit further north and found gas was much cheaper.
Along the way, we passed what must have been Area 51. The exit off the freeway was marked as Mercury and the exit sign indicated that only “Authorized Vehicles” were allowed to use the road.
We arrived at the RV park, hooked up the electricity, got the inside of the motorhome cleaned so that we could sleep in the bed, and had our salads for dinner. I think we both slept good that night.
We left Beatty after packing things up again and headed towards Reno. We passed Lake Walker in Hamilton along Highway 95. I saw a lone horse standing on the shore of the lake. There were several signs indicating “Major Sheep Crossing”. Never saw any sheep!
Here’s a picture of some mountains along the way.
We pulled into the RV park just before 3:00 and got assigned our parking spot. The spot had a concrete pad to park on. It was nice to have someplace level for a change. We got all the utilities hooked up, unhooked the truck, reset the inside of the motorhome and decided to go to the casino next door for supper. It was nice to not have to cook. The park is just steps from the California border.
We did laundry on Saturday morning so that we had enough clean clothes for the Callerlab convention. We got packed and headed for the hotel. There were only two people in line at the check-in counter, but it would cost $30 to check in at 11:00. We turned it down but then had second thoughts since there wasn’t anyone else in line at the time. We thought there might be lots of people in line at 1:00. We went back and checked in. We had a bellhop bring our suitcases to the room. We went to the Callerlab room to pick up Brian’s packet. Then we went back to the room for a quick nap before dinner. We ate at Johnny Rocket’s at the hotel. We went to bed after emptying our suitcases.
April at Callerlab
Brian attended the convention activities while I took it easy. I went to a couple of quilt shops with two other wives. I didn’t get any fabric but they each did. But mostly I spent the time by myself in the room or in the open area where I could talk with others not attending the seminars. Brian was working at the Genius Bar where he helped others with their computers. He also presided over the meeting of the Marketing Committee.
Here is a picture of the four couples from Minnesota that attended the convention.
We returned to the motorhome on Wednesday afternoon and unpacked, did laundry, and got ready to hit the road in the morning. Brian couldn’t find the power cord for his laptop, so he had to go back to Reno to get another one. We had supper at the restaurant and got our $10 credit at the casino. Brian won $75, I lost all but a dime. The wind had kicked up, and the motorhome rocked all night. But we survived.
Brian had mapped out our route back home and we headed to a KOA campground in West Wendover, NV. Along the way we went up and down the mountains and saw quite a bit of snow. It even snowed while we were putting gas in the motorhome before getting to the campground. The motorhome got parked, water and electricity hooked up and supper of French bread pizza. Brian booked our next stop on the way home and we chilled out for the rest of the evening. Lost an hour going East, but got to the campground before dark.
We spent Friday, April 4th in Lander WY at the Sleeping Bear Campground. The water was not turned on so we only had electricity for the night. Luckily, we had some water in the storage tank.