It is very chilly this morning as we get up. We warm up with a coffee for Red and a hot chocolate for Yellow along with breakfast. The sun takes care of the rest as it rises higher and higher. Red studies and Yellow takes care of Bertha during the rest of this relaxing morning.
We leave the campground at the end of
the morning, driving toward the southeast. After driving through a
mountain range again, the road winds down rapidly and we find
ourselves in the downtown area of Sunsanville, CA, where we stop for
gas and groceries.
We are now on the edge of the Great
Basin, a vast plateau featuring large basins and high mountain
ranges, which is going to be our setting until we reach Utah. In
fact, we are probably not going to be at an elevation lower than
5,000 ft for a while. Plus we are in transition to desert-like areas,
and we can already feel it. The air is dry, and it is clearly hot
here this afternoon.
The rest of the drive feels like we are
finally in the Wild West, driving around a dry lake and over dry
rivers, without any forest and barely any vegetation around. It is
arid and desolate. Cattle ranches seem to be the only way to use the
land.
We arrive in Reno, NV, in the middle of
the afternoon, and check in at Sands Regency Casino & Hotel, for
a room that is cheaper than most of our RV sites. We spend some time
studying and planning the next days from a room situated on the 16th
floor, overlooking the western part of town.
In the evening, we take a walk downtown
– mostly made up of casinos – and have dinner at The Buffet in
the Eldorado Casino, supposed to be the best one. The food is OK –
like usual all-you-can-eat buffet food – but our stomachs are full:
the real American food experience!
We walk back to the hotel, annoyed by
the first signs of a challenging digestion, and spend the evening
planning and watching TV.
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