Winniemucca, Nevada

Woke up in Boise and the weather was cool and cloudy. Not a terrible day however not a great day. So we packed up and put Boise in the rear view mirror headed to Reno, Nevada. Drove about 100 miles across the southeast corner of Oregon before getting to Nevada.

While some of Oregon is beautiful and green this corner is beautiful in it's own way however everything is in shades of brown and black. We stopped for lunch in Oregon just before entering Nevada. Simply pulled over in a turnout, turned off the RV, and fixed lunch. Very relaxing. No having to locate a place to eat, ordering and paying for a fast food lunch crammed with lots of other people. Just MLA & I enjoying our sandwiches and the view in each other's company.

And oh, by the way, my sandwich was just like I like it: turkey, tomato and mayo on whole wheat bread with a few shakes of Old Bay. Perfect! Try to get that at your local deli (OK, you could get that in Maryland since many sandwich shops have Old Bay on hand however once you get a couple of mile away from Maryland they don't know what Old Bay is).

We wanted to distribute the drive to Reno over two days so we drove another hour to get to the town of Minniemucca, which was about half way. Didn't really matter if it was half way or not, in this part of northern Nevada there are not many towns to choose for spending the night. In fact, this is just about the only one of any size. Not that's it big by any means...

Never been to Minniemucca before? Imagine a mini Las Vegas. No Make that a micro Las Vegas. It has one main drag about a mile long all lit up with neon, just like Vegas.

Not to mention I feel like I should precede the town's name with "Camp". I mean, doesn't that sound more appropriate? Camp Winniemucca -- I think it has a nice ring to it!

In fact, everywhere you go in Nevada there is a casino. Even gas stations have have converted their service bays into casinos. Gas, snacks, soda, and beer in one half of the gas station and slots machines and video poker in the other half. Too funny.

Tomorrow we'll head out early and get to Reno in mid afternoon. Looking forward to getting the bike off the RV and setup for riding all week at Reno's Street Vibrations.

See Ya!