A Wild West Adventurer - Visit to the Homestead... and other points East.

     Those of you that have been reading of our adventures in our Adventurer know that we like to just go and see where the road takes us.  This time we are doing something a little different.  We have a loose plan in mind for this trip as it's gonna be a long one.  Over three thousand miles in our Dodge Truck with our trusty Adventurer Camper.  This trip also brings on a new addition.... We are bringing along our new bikes!  Let's see how much use they get on this our first cross country trip or as I like to call it, A Wild West Adventurer.

     We started this journey on an early Sunday morning.... our goal, to travel from Reno, Nevada to South Dakota to visit the family homestead.  Our expectations were $4.00 per gallon diesel fuel and about ten miles per gallon.  We are back in the Adventurer for this trip and plan on stopping just a few times before getting to the homestead.  So let's get this Adventurer started, shall we?

     We drove as far as Rockport State Park outside Park City, Utah our first night.  We stopped along the way for a snack or two and lunch.  Our route this day takes along I80 all the way to just outsiode Park City, Utah where we will stop for the night.  If you are taking this route along I80, be sure to stop along the way to see what the area has to offer.  For example, you can go to the town center in Lovelock and place a lock onto the growing chain and "lock" your love.  We plan on doing this for our thirtieth wedding anniversary..... 

   We stopped in Elko for our first fuel stop and we got pretty good news... we were getting better than the anticipated ten miles per gallon.  Our next stop was even better with an average of over twelve and one half miles per gallon.  The campground at Rockport was clean and the host
very nice.  Our site was at the base of the dam and even as hot as it had been, the breeze was cool and refreshing.  We had our campfire for the night and seeing as the fire danger is very high in the west right now looks like it will be about the only onefor us this trip.  Weather report says wind in the morning, we are hoping it will not be too much wind.

JP and Laurie
The Cruisin Campers