Jackpot, Nevada

Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013

We left the Boise/Meridian RV park this morning at a very comfortable 9:15 am as we were only going about 180 miles today.  It was foggy but not windy and the roads were only wet, not icy.  No problemo!

Heading out of Boise.

As we travelled I could see the giant wind generators up on the ridges and they looked very sad…..no wind….bad for them….good for us!   I tried to get a picture but they were too far away. 

We were going to go through Twin Falls as we headed south but Eric said”how about highway 30 through Hagerman and Buhl.”  Highway 30 meets up with 93 south and is a scenic route.  It is a much prettier drive and also means we don’t have to go through Twin Falls which is very busy and has lots of lights.  We had a little glitch at the beginning when we got off on exit 137 and missed the turn onto highway 30 ( small sign) and had to head back on I 84 but we got off on the next exit at Tuttle and tried again.  The GPS lead us back down to highway 30 along some country roads and all was well.

Big boulders….a volcano maybe?

Small town on highway 30.

We made a fuel stop at the south end of Buhl and it was a good one.  Big station with lots of room to maneuver and a good place to eat lunch. 

Coming into Buhl.

Country store and fuel stop (also MacDonald’s!) 

 

We talked to a fellow from Washington who was pulling a big horse trailer with horses in it and he said that he and his wife were on their way to Wickenburg, AZ. where they winter.  They have places along the way that they can unload the horses over night and then carry on the next day.  They were stopping in Ely, Nevada tonight and still had another 4 hours to drive.  A long day.  

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Our day.

We pulled into the Cactus Pete’s Saguaro RV park early (about 2pm.)  Lots of rigs pulled in after us and the people  were all gone in a flash….over to the casino.  Not for us. 

We have just finished a big buffet supper and it was delicious.  Good food for $13.95 a plate so a pretty good deal.  We walked out through the casino and the smoke was pretty thick.  Again, not for us, but each to their own!

It will likely freeze tonight so it’s good to be plugged into power (no water here at this time of the year.)   Off to Ash, Springs tomorrow morning and we should be in mid afternoon. 

It’s cold and Eric and I are already tired of winter!