And the last thing to check before you hit the road?

Make sure nothing spillable can fly around the fridge. A rogue jar of sliced dill pickles went flying around the fridge during the very first part of our journey out of Caldwell this morning. It was a rather bumpy stretch of road between the town and US Hwy 95 South.

I thought I'd pull out the margarine to soften up a bit so I could make some sandwiches on our way to Winnemucca, Nevada. When I opened the fridge, my nose was assailed by the smell of dill pickles. The culprit jar was on it's side on a shelf with out a rod in front of it, and the juice was pretty much all gone. I looked down, and sure enough, there was the yellow evidence on the 'floor' of the fridge. Needless to say, there wasn't much I could do about the cleanup while we were driving. I didn't make sandwiches either, because the bread bag was all covered in pickle juice.

Lee's new rule: Make sure all spillable items in the fridge are securely behind fridge rods or in the door BEFORE heading out on the road.

The ride to Winnemucca was pretty uneventful. Some ups and downs over some smaller mountains, but nothing even close to what we experienced between Missoula and Grangeville. We gassed up in Caldwell, so we didn't need to stop along the way. So far, so good.

Today was the first day where we spent some time trying to find the RV park we were booked into. We rolled into town about 2 p.m., which was actually 1:00 p.m. now that we're in the Pacific time zone. Ger forgot to get the directions from the Internet and save a copy to the desktop of his laptop. He knew it was south of I-80, and to the east. I'd taken a look at Google Maps and knew it was on the east side of town as well. Soooo, we spent a half hour driving around trying to find it.

We're staying in the Hi-Desert RV Park. An older gentleman on a golf cart led us to our spot -- which was the first one in the row right in front of the office. Close to the pool, showers, office...all that good stuff. Their website gives the impression that the park is quite new. It's not. It is older, but reasonably well-kept. The washrooms are clean. There appears to be a number of permanent residents here as well.

It will be okay for tonight -- tomorrow we're off to Reno. Actually, we're staying just outside Reno at Terribles Gold Ranch Casino and RV Park. From there, we hope to go spend a day at Lake Tahoe, some time in downtown Reno (the river area is supposed to be lovely), and of course, some shopping at the outlet mall at the south end of the city.