Reno, NV

Our first night out was spent at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, NV. This resort used to be the MGM Grand. It's nice for a city parking lot campground. We had site 157 which is overlooking the "lake" (a huge cement pond). You will hear airplanes fly over, the white noise of the freeways, and trains in the night with long moarnful whistles. However, Nature will out. You'll also hear lots of bird song!

Liza's parents drove up from June Lake and had dinner with us. We ended up choosing the buffet at the Resort -- it was great! Everyone ate great food! And the kids were delighted by the choices! Between the crab and shrimp, the spectacular prime rib, the taco bar, and fried chicken ... There was something for ever taste. And the chocolate cake was the best I've ever had.

Today we have our longest day of the trip -- about 10 hrs on the road will see us in Salt Lake City & a Camping World parking lot!

We're on our way!

We got under way late which should surprise no one who knows us. We had breakfast and were on Hwy 17 by 10:30. We'd already been delayed by someone admiring our rig!

We'll be later than we wanted getting into Reno but right now we're between Davis & Sacrmento and we can see the snow-capped Sierras.

And we're off . . .

We got our housesitter/petsitter all set. Alerted the neighbors. Loaded the motorhome. And headed off into the sunrise . . . next stop, Reno!

Really? This is vacation weather?

In anticipation of our vacation, I added the weather for Minden, NE to my iGoogle page.  I usually do this when we are going camping somewhere.  It builds my anticipation for the visit.

However . . .

It's rained there almost everyday since I've been tracking the weather there.  We just ended the longest winter I can remember here.  It rained right through the end of May.  At least those temperatures are coming down some . . . 89F and raining.  Wow.

Still . . . there's that old saying about the worst day fishing is better than the best day working. It holds true for camping, too!

Embrace the orange

I think I've mentioned that orange is NOT my favorite color.  If I'd had a choice in color for our FMC, I'd have picked "not orange."  :)  But, the best one at the best time for the best price was . . . orange.

For a long time, we planned to change it.  We always intended to redo the interior but now . . . I don't know if it's everyone's comments about how retro and cool the color is or if I've just been worn down but I have a new motto.

Embrace the orange.

We got new towels for our big trip.  Wow, now, that is orange!

The big summer trip

This trip was conceived around the campfire at our last FMC rally.  Having a destination . . . Minden, Nebraska and the big FMC rally was the impetus to get us moving to make it happen.  We've been trying to do a long summer trip for 3 years now and finally . . . we're doing it.  Planning, working, purchasing, repairing, promising, and finally blogging.

Watch this space for more info . . . T minus 5 days and counting.

#708 at San Simeon State Park

San Simeon State Park is one of our favorite places to camp.  When we were a newly wed couple, we loved it.  With kids we love it.  With groups of friends, we love it.  It's such a nice place to stay.

Just look at that sunset!