We were all to meet at the Shell Station at 5 am.....The Arterburn's were the last ones to arrive (I know...mark it down on your calendar) and we took off at 4:50 am...not too excited, are we? We met up with Rick and Tom in Concord and it all worked exactly as planned. 4 of the 5 bikes are all connected by CB and it is really working out. Dave and Edie were skeptics, but now they're believers. In fact this works so well that Edie may have Dave wear his helmet around the house so he can hear.
The weather started out around 40 and worked its way up in to the 80's. This required peeling off layers at every stop. Plus when you're riding over 500 miles in one day, the frequent stops are very welcome.
We stopped at Starbucks in Fairfield where we discovered that Donna has a gold card, but Margaret has a gold card with her name engraved on it...that's serious Starbuck folks
Then we stopped for breakfast in Auburn at the Edelweiss House of the Super Omelette which was great and we had an awesome waitress. We refueled in Sparks and Lovelock (Jon the trainer said we should stop here but we have no idea why he would make that suggestion).
We lunched at a McDonald's in Winnemucca (which actually had decent food, but we are not going to make a habit of it...honestly Margaret, we mean it). We then refueled in Carlin and drove the remaining 20 miles to Elko. Edie did announce that she could go whiny at any moment and everyone promised to turn their CB off if she did.
Then we stopped for breakfast in Auburn at the Edelweiss House of the Super Omelette which was great and we had an awesome waitress. We refueled in Sparks and Lovelock (Jon the trainer said we should stop here but we have no idea why he would make that suggestion).
We lunched at a McDonald's in Winnemucca (which actually had decent food, but we are not going to make a habit of it...honestly Margaret, we mean it). We then refueled in Carlin and drove the remaining 20 miles to Elko. Edie did announce that she could go whiny at any moment and everyone promised to turn their CB off if she did.
We're staying at the Gold County Inn & Casino which is actually quite nice (thank you Margaret for making the sleeping arrangements). There's a huge motorcycle rally here so we are among our people...well except that we are the only ones without tattoos.
The scenery from Sacramento to Reno is gorgeous.....Reno to Elko, not so much. Hope to have more photos of the scenery tomorrow....when it should be prettier.
We leave tomorrow at 6 am.....we're off to Jackson, Wyoming!
2 comments:
Wow! A day FULL of adventures!
Can't wait to hear more!
Whoo hoo!! Glad you are all safe! So Dad can actually hear now, eh? Sounds like great fun being able to talk! My only question is how you stay awake after eating & still riding? I remember sometimes nodding off on the back of Dads after a meal & warm weather. A bit scary! Anyway Ezra is missing you... Oh, and so are we! :)
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