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Friday, September 23, 2016

Jackpot, Nevada to Alamo, Nevada and it was a cold, windy, rainy trip

Today we awoke to 4C, wind and rain.  We were up and on the road by 7:20 am as we knew we had a hard trip ahead of us.  It stayed cold and rainy and at points dropped to 2C and tried to snow!  What the hell…it’s September, not November.  Our first stop was in Wells for fuel and I have that marked as a terrible place to get diesel.  We tried the Sinclair but no diesel at the main pumps even though they showed they did.  Moved down to the flying J where they have created a very tight RV lane that you wouldn’t be able to pull forward out of if there were cars parked along the front of the building.  Next time we’ll try the west side of the highway.  For a place that is basically a fuel stop it is crummy!

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Between Wells and Ely the snow was right down.

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And it rained.

Mileage was poor as we had a head wind the whole way and it was not a relaxing drive.  Lots of people think the drive through the Great Basin is ugly but we think it is beautiful. 

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The motorhome lean shows the slanted streets of McGill just before Ely.

At Ely the temp was still 4C and there was snow low down on the mountains.  Down the big long hill and the temperature started to rise, the skys parted and the sun came out.  Yahoo!

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I see bright skys ahead.

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The clouds are parting.

We stopped just before Lund and had lunch but the RV was so cold we had to turn on the furnace just to eat. 

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The canyon south of Lund.  I can never resist taking a couple of pictures of the amazing geology. 

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The temp is now 24C and the skys are clear.  

We arrived at the Pickett’s RV park in Alamo about 3:30 pm and the temperature was 24C….now that’s more like it. 

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We were the first arrival and had our pick of the sites.  The owner Dale Pickett lives in Cedar City just north of Kanarraville, Utah where we are headed.  Eric will get some info about our route from him and any other helpful information.   Dale’s Dad built the park about 40 years ago and although it was sold Dale had to take it back for non payment.  He now commutes from Cedar City but also has a little travel trailer in the park.  

We had a lovely evening and only one other small camper van pulled in for the night.  Soon it will be busy when all the regular travellers hit the road. 

Tomorrow Kanarraville, Utah and the Red Ledge RV park.   

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