Thursday, July 13, 2006
Snowie is back!
We left St. George at 6:15 (mountain time) this morning and arrived 2 hours later in Las Vegas (at 7:15). We had breakfast at The Original Pancake House near the Chevrolet dealership. It was better than the one in Los Altos. :)
We were at the Chevy dealer by 8:15 and started moving all our stuff to the trailer/suburban. It took about 2 hours. Then I drove the motorhome and Patty drove the Suburban across town to the rental yard. We returned the motorhome and then drove back across town to get the trailer. We stopped at the Sizzler across the street from the dealership for lunch and all had salad bars. I found I was very tired – this late to bed and early to rise thing for the past couple of nights hasn’t been so wise. I left the girls at the Sizzler and went and got some coffee and then hitched up the trailer. We took off about 1:30.
The traffic throughout Las Vegas is incredibly bad. It took us probably 45 minutes to get out of town, which probably amounted to about 10 or 12 miles. We headed southwest on I-15 back toward Barstow. There’s a good climb as you leave Las Vegas and it was 112 degrees, so we got a good chance to see how Snowie would do. The answer is, everything seems fine. The Suburban ran perfectly. We decided to stay the night in Lone Pine along Hwy 395.
Driving up 395 as dusk fell brought back memories for me of backpacking trips to the Sierra I took with my friends in high school. We’d drive from L.A. and arrive late in the evening at some location along 395 and stay the night before starting our hike the next morning. I’m not sure I’ve driven up 395 in over 20 years, though.
Anyway, we arrived in Lone Pine at 8:45 and decided (very uncharacteristically for us) to let the girls go for a late evening swim. They’d been sitting in the car for so many hours, and two of them had slept quite a bit, so it seemed like the right thing to do.
Tomorrow we’re off to Reno. We’ll have breakfast in the trailer and then hope to get off around 7:30. It sure is nice to have our trailer back. We’re all happy about it. :)
We were at the Chevy dealer by 8:15 and started moving all our stuff to the trailer/suburban. It took about 2 hours. Then I drove the motorhome and Patty drove the Suburban across town to the rental yard. We returned the motorhome and then drove back across town to get the trailer. We stopped at the Sizzler across the street from the dealership for lunch and all had salad bars. I found I was very tired – this late to bed and early to rise thing for the past couple of nights hasn’t been so wise. I left the girls at the Sizzler and went and got some coffee and then hitched up the trailer. We took off about 1:30.
The traffic throughout Las Vegas is incredibly bad. It took us probably 45 minutes to get out of town, which probably amounted to about 10 or 12 miles. We headed southwest on I-15 back toward Barstow. There’s a good climb as you leave Las Vegas and it was 112 degrees, so we got a good chance to see how Snowie would do. The answer is, everything seems fine. The Suburban ran perfectly. We decided to stay the night in Lone Pine along Hwy 395.
Driving up 395 as dusk fell brought back memories for me of backpacking trips to the Sierra I took with my friends in high school. We’d drive from L.A. and arrive late in the evening at some location along 395 and stay the night before starting our hike the next morning. I’m not sure I’ve driven up 395 in over 20 years, though.
Anyway, we arrived in Lone Pine at 8:45 and decided (very uncharacteristically for us) to let the girls go for a late evening swim. They’d been sitting in the car for so many hours, and two of them had slept quite a bit, so it seemed like the right thing to do.
Tomorrow we’re off to Reno. We’ll have breakfast in the trailer and then hope to get off around 7:30. It sure is nice to have our trailer back. We’re all happy about it. :)
# posted by Craig @ 11:36 PM 
