Leg 2.....

6:56 am - Wednesday - October 16th - LPG&RVR - 40° F, humidity 67%, wind ZERO mph out of the south....partly cloudy this morning with rain in the afternoon (but we will not be here) and a forecast high of 65° F.  On this date in 2020 I was cooking peppered bacon on our Coleman single burner on the 'lido deck' in Seal Rock, OR.....

....with a view of the ocean.

We were awake before 7 am, but true to our word, we did not get out of bed until the sun lit up the bedroom curtains.....so nice to get up when it is light outside!  I typed my daily blog post, and then we took two laps around the Rest Area to stretch our legs.  We were on the road by 9:30 am heading south on US-395 to Carson City, NV.  The drive south was just as pleasant as Monday's drive, only this day we would cover close to 104 miles before arriving at the COSTCO in Indian Hills, NV around 11:30 am.  We parked our 62' monstrosity across the street in a local sports complex parking lot, and walked over to COSTCO to do some shopping.  We haven't been to COSTCO since September 5th, so there was some pent up demand for things we only buy at COSTCO.  By the time we paid close to $400 for our purchases, and extricated ourselves from COSTCO it was close to 1 pm.  

Next up we drove a couple of blocks over to the Walmart/Trader Joe's parking lot (there is also an In 'N Out Burger there!) to do some more shopping.  Once that was done we walked across the parking lot to have our first In 'N Out Burger in months....I'm not really sure when we had our last one....probably last November....lol!

.....TLE ordered hers 'Protein Style' (lettuce wrapped, no bun)...we cherished every single bite.

We had one more task to complete before heading to the Tahoe-Douglas Elks Lodge in Gardnerville.....top off our propane tank.  The gauges are not real accurate, but it appeared to me that we had used about half of our 60 gallon capacity the past six months.  We arrived around 2:55 pm, not realizing they only pump propane until 3 pm.....whew, that was close!  We took on EXACTLY, and I mean EXACTLY 30 gallons at a cost of over $127....propane is getting expensive!  We'll be using our gas heaters a little more this winter, but I'm sure we can make the next 6 months on 60 gallons just fine.

We arrived at the Elks Lodge around 3:30 pm, and found there were four RV's there.  There have never been more than 2 on any of our numerous prior visits.  Fortunately, there was one spot I could back into pretty easily, and we were able to do so in one try.....that never happens! The gentleman next to us was pretty impressed.  TLE has learned to give good directions over the years, and our communication while parking the Newell and trailer has improved significantly.

By the time we finished setting up for our one night stay, and I had cleaned two days of bugs off the windshield it was getting close to 5 pm.  In all we covered 121 miles, so we have now covered just over 200 miles of the 770 miles to our destination.  We'll continue south on US-395 Wednesday to Bishop where we'll spend a couple of days at the Tri-County Grounds before continuing our journey....that drive will cover over 140 miles through some of the most beautiful scenery anywhere in the U.S. Stay tuned for pictures!

Thanks for stopping by!