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Saturday, 6-21-08 (longest day), RV campground 5 miles west of Fallon, Nevada
It was a pretty warm night, too warm for most of us for sleeping. We woke up to the sun beating down on the tent and the heat chasing us out. It took a while to organize all the stuff I bought. We weren’t in a hurry though because it was hot and we were only planning on going to Dayton, around 15 miles away. So we went for one last swim in the pool. I gave Vicky and Johnny swimming lessons. At the end, Vicky actually swam the length of the pool. When we left we decided to go to the library to update the blog, read, and get out of the sun during the hottest part of the day. There was a chess club meeting and playing there so I played a few games (won 2, lost 1) before ordering the next section of maps from Adventure Cycling. I wrote down General Delivery, Pueblo, Colorado as my mailing address so that I could pick them up in a few weeks when we arrive, God willing. We finally left around 3 pm. The wind was with us and we were making real good time. In less than one hour we reached Dayon. I got my first flat in the front tire. The wind was really howling, so we rested and got out of the wind. By the time I fixed it, it was around 4:30. We debated whether we should go to Lake Lahaunton about 30 miles away or just camp there in Dayton. We checked out the campground and decided to go ahead to the next one. Since the wind was at our backs, we averaged between 20-25 mph, and reached a top downhill speed of 37 mph. It seemed like we were almost keeping up with the cars traveling at 45 mph. It was a lot of fun, thrilling, and allowed us to make it all the way to Fallon, where we stayed at the nearest RV park. It was kind of expensive, $47, when they added charges for extra people. We met a nice generous Christian couple, Mark and Donna Avery, from Greenville, Indiana, only 20 miles from where Uncle Paul and Uncle Herman live in Salem.
They were touring the country by motorcycle. We’ll plan to contact them when we arrive there. 62 miles.