7:44 am - Tuesday - October 13th - Sportsman's Beach, Walker Lake, NV - 38° F, humidity 37%, cloud cover 1%, wind 8 mph out of the north by northwest.....crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 58° F. On this date in 2019 my oldest son, Chris, and his wife, Rochelle, paid us a visit at Ramona Oaks RV Resort to help TLE and I install our new, automated Winegard satellite dish. They've had the exact Winegard automated dish for years, and it has worked well for them, so that is what we bought.....
.....our previous Winegard satellite dish was of the 'crank up' and aim variety, and was only standard definition. We wanted to move to high definition with DirecTV, hence the new satellite dish. We originally subscribed to DirecTV in 2004, however, sadly it has gotten too expensive (over $160/month), so we have cancelled our subscription, and moved to YouTube TV (streaming - free the first 21 days, then $45/month until March of 2027, then $75/month after that), which, by the way, we love! The view this morning.....
.....we've got sun and warmer temperatures today!
We awoke to heavy cloud cover Monday morning with the sun just peaking over the mountains on the eastern shore of Walker Lake....
......it was bitter cold, and the stiff 13 mph breeze made it seem even colder. Needless to say, but I'll say it anyway, we spent the morning indoors. It seemed as if it would rain any minute, but we only got a few scattered sprinkles off and on during the day.
Around 12:30 pm we decided to drive into Hawthorne to get a few necessities at the local Safeway Supermarket (Albertson's), drive around the town, and then get a late lunch at a local pizzeria called Old Nevada Pizza on E Street (US-95). We had to wait about 30 minutes as they were busy, so to pass the time I ordered a Leinenkugel Summer Shandy, and then another when the pizza arrived. It is rare that I drink two beers in one sitting, but it seemed like the thing to do. The pizza was amazing, and we were glad we chose Old Nevada Pizza, plus the second brew was free....doesn't get much better than that!
After lunch we headed to the local truck stop to get our 5 gallon propane bottle filled....it's been a good 6 months that it has been used by the Sea-B-Que, and our propane fire pit, but it only took 2.5 gallons....amazing.
From there we headed to Safeway where we were in and out in about 15 minutes, and then over to the fuel station to top off the VW. The tank had only 20 miles on it when we started south on Saturday, and since TLE has only been driving 60 mph she was just under half full. We got over 33 miles per gallon over 270 miles....not bad. We were home around 3 pm where it was getting colder by the minute, so while TLE took the two small bags of groceries inside I turned on the Predator 5000 dual fuel generator to power up the coach, and finish charging our lithium battery bank. It's been very cloudy since we left LPG&RVR and they were down to 75%, which is not bad considering how cloudy it has been.
It began raining around 8:30 pm, and rained for 2 or more hours before we went to bed. This morning (Tuesday) we had snow on the local mountains....
....yup, it is time to head south! Our travel plan is as follows: Leave Walker Lake Wednesday, drive 119 miles to Tonopah, NV. Thursday leave Tonopah, NV to travel 123 miles to Amargosa Valley, NV. Friday leave Amargosa Valley, NV and drive 159 miles to the Travel Centers of America in White Hills, AZ. Leave White Hills Saturday and drive the final 122 miles (stopping briefly in Henderson, NV to shop at COSTCO/Trader Joe's) to The Wilson Wilderness.
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