Sunday May 5th

Alturas, California.  34 degrees. 

   Two days ago, when we woke up in Yuma, it was going to be 94.  What a difference a couple of days makes ( and of course, 850 miles )

   Friday's dental went well.  I got my crown.  Randa got two.  We were out of Mexico, hooked up the trailer and were on the road by Noon.  We traveled north all day.
     Hwy 95  Quartzsite (lunch), Parker Fuel),  Needles (never buy fuel in Needles. $4.79/gal for diesel)  Gas and diesel in California is crazy prices.  Diesel prices increased 20 cents /gal plus an additional 4% sales tax increase)  Las Vegas (drove through at 6ish.  Still quite a bit of traffic in the middle of the city.  It's about 50 miles through Vegas north to south so it pays to avoid the rush hours periods.  One plus was that we did get to see a McClaren breeze by us in the fast lane.
    Then it was time to think about where we were going to spend the night.  Beatty?  Nope.  Both RV parks were full.  So we ended up at a small rv park in Amargosa Valley, a wide spot in the road just before Beatty.  When we are on the road, the rig stays hooked up.  We just put down the legs and deploy the slides..  It was good to stop after nearly 400 miles.
    Next day we got moving at 8.  Fueled at Beatty ($2.97 /gal)  I have an app called Gas Guru that helps us find the best prices.  Tonapah the town before, was 3.51 and Hawthorne the town after was 3.35 so it is good to know where to fuel up.   North on 95 to Fallon, then nw on 50 to I-80 to Reno. Easily through Reno and north on 395.
   Going north on 395 was a bit emotional because just north of Susanville is where we broke down on our journey south.  We were quiet when we drove past the rest area that we had parked in for several hours waiting for the tow truck.  The rest area is now closed and barricaded with no signs explaining why.  I am sure glad it was open when we needed it.
   We had hoped to stay at a cute little RV park in Alturas that we had used before but it had a "Full" sign up, so we ended up at a dumpy little mobile home park at the west edge of town.  Barely ok for the night, but we attend to be gone soon.  Tonight we stay with friends in Bend.  It will be good to be back in Oregon.