We got a slightly late start at 7:15 AM yesterday. The weather was terrific for our entire trip until we got about 40 miles south of our destination - Alamo, NV. The rains came, and came some more. We drove the last 40 miles in a torrential downpour. At one point I had to pull off the side of the road as my dash lights went out for a short period of time. That must have been as a result of the rain getting into one of he lines for the lights because they came back on in a short while. We also had an extremely close call just before the heavy rain started. A pickup truck passed us suddenly that was going about 90 mph and narrowly missed colliding with a semi that was coming the other way. The semi slammed on his brakes as I hit our brakes and there couldn't have been more than inches between all of our vehicles while the pickup pulled in front of us. Phew! No more of those, please.
Josie took a shot of the weather that we were driving through during this final leg of yesterday's travel:
We arrived at our destination at about 2:30 PM. The park - Picketts RV Park - is nothing to write about but it is the only game in town and will do for one night. Josie also got a couple shots of our rig in our space:
We had a few minor issues while setting up, but they were taken care of and we didn't un-hitch the trailer for the one night. The truck provided fairly good mileage - 9.5 mpg - which was better than any stretch we drove with the old truck. Our destination today is Twin Falls, ID, and we hope to leave before 7 AM.
Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!
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