Back in Laughlin

Wednesday Nov. 9, 2011

We arrived in Laughlin early yesterday afternoon and we are finally into the sun!  It is around 18C but as usual the wind today is a screamer.  Oh well, yesterday it was quiet while we drove so no complaints. 

We left Twin Falls early on Monday morning 7:30 (daylight savings time) and headed out in snow and ice.  Yuck.  It had just gone down to freezing overnight and there had been a light skiff of snow.  The road south was salted (or something like it) and it was still snowing.  Not good.  We travelled as far as Jackpot which is about 50 miles south of Twin Falls and there the weather started to clear.  Still snowing but easing up.  Hard on the nerves as we don’t have snow tires on and the rig is heavy but maybe being heavy is a good thing.  Then things got better, still below 0C but no wind and the sun poked through and there was wind but it was a tail wind.  Sweet!   As we travelled through Ely, Nevada around noon the weather was about 2C not the –11C they had been calling for so Eric didn’t have to drain the water in the rig.  One never knows.  We continued on down through the pass which was clear.  As we travelled along it was sunny and mileage got up to an amazing 12.6 mpg.  Makes up for that horrible mileage from Othello, Wash. to Meridian, Idaho and meant $50 fills not $100.  We arrived early in Ash Springs, Nevada where we stayed over night.  Rustic, $18 for power and water and noisy by the highway but okay.  Over night it froze and we didn’t get much sleep because there were two cattle trucks out front that ran their engines with fans kicking in all g.d. night.  Pretty inconsiderate since right beside them were a line of R.V’s.  We left around nine a.m. yesterday in the sun with a light tail wind and when we hit Las Vegas there was very light traffic.  Beauty!  A quick lunch just before the turn onto the highway into Laughlin and all was well. 

We are parked in the gravel lot down the bottom and at $99 for a week (with a coupon) and two free breakfasts as well we are set.  The socks are off and it is warm except for the wind but it is abnormal not to have wind here. 

Today we crossed over to Bullhead City, Az and then up to the Wal-Mart where Eric gets his oil changed while we are here.  (I mean the truck, not him!) $46.00!!! and they put 10qts of oil in, filter, lube, vacuumed it and they even checked the tires.  A bargain and a good job too boot.  We picked up groceries and other odds and ends and now we are set for a week.  Eric said he didn’t see more than one nice looking woman while we were in the store, well, except for me!  He can hardly wait to get back to Mexico and it’s beautiful woman!

We have given the people who are trying to buy Eric’s 100 acres an extension for financing and we should know tomorrow if it will go ahead.  Hope so.  If it goes through we will have to find a notary for paperwork and hang around until that is complete.