Saturday, July 7th

We are heading home today. We may do the 430 miles in one day or break it up with stops and an overnight in Goldfield or Tonopah.

Update: 2200hrs

We are home. The Nevada roads were perfect. I can't remember a single pot hole in 400+ miles. We left Carson City at 1100hrs and arrived home at 1900hrs. We stopped three times, once for lunch, a 15 minute stretch in Tonopah and 30 minutes in Amargosa where I talked to a husband and wife, trucking couple that had just done a big portion of our overall route in reverse. Good people!!

The Monsterhome performed perfectly. Not a single issue with the coach or truck. The Renegade-Kibbi product remains a "ten" in my book!

We averaged just under 8 MPG for the whole trip. The Eslcalade was towed 80% of all miles and our avereage speed for the trip was 47 MPH, too include all the tight twisty roads of California Highway 1 and US 101.

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I will be editing the photos and the blog over the next 30-60 days. The best photos will be made available on my http://pjcnlv.smugmug.com/ gallery site and the Blog will be edited to add road conditions and RV park reviews as much as possible.

Looking back, there are a few places we definitely plan to camp out for extended stays in the future. In order:

1) Virgina City, NV - This town has great future potential with the reconstruction of the V&R railroad by 2010.

2) Charleston, OR - The southern and central Oregon Coast is breathtakingly beautiful and adds a real working environment of fishing and logging towns to make it real.

Friday, July 6th

We will be touring Virginia City and possibly circling Lake Tahoe today. Here is our planned route.

Update: 2215hrs

Virginia City was a hit! We spent almost the whole day there.

Downtown Virginia City.



One of the restored storefronts, era 1865.



Harleys out in front of the Union Brewery and Brass Rail Saloon.



The bar inside the Bucket of Blood Saloon.



Another vintage bar, this time at the Delta Saloon.



More motorcycles, out in front of the Silver Queen.



The bar inside the Union Brewery. Look closely, thee are about a hundred, women's bras hanging from the ceiling.



The desk Mark Twain launched his literary career from.



The inside of the Mark Twain Museum. Not to be missed.



One of the Vintage Fire Engines on display at the Comstock Fireman's Museum.



The Old Washoe Club. The upstairs portion housed the Millionaires Club where back in the 1860's you had to have a minimum net worth of one million dollars before you were considered for club membership.



An old timer playing at the original piano from the Old Washoe Club.



We only managed a quick trip up to Lake Tahoe. This photo is from the east side.