Yay PALMTREES!!!!!!!

Sorry for no post last night - no Internet till this a.m.

Well yesterday morning found us snug in our trailer bed in Elko -had wonderful nights sleep (that's whats so good about your trailer its like home - so comfortable). The bliss lasted until I got up to wash my face and the water flow slowed to trickle - that prompted the ever-famous question "whats the temperature outside??" Oh yes -10 yikes! While much warmer than our recent Saskatchewan life - much to cold for the trailer water lines without insulation. So out came the kettle of boiling distilled water to unfreeze the necessary connections. Then we thought ahhh breakfast - but alas we had propane flow issues and there was no breakfast to be had. our initial though "lets pack up and get the heck out of here". So away we scurried to do the needed tucking and packing to get our "rig" back on the road - only had one minor delay as Colin had to manually push the frozen slide out back in! Oh yes we looked Cool!!!

The rest of the day was filled with endless driving in the snow covered Nevada desert - And people say Saskatchewan is boring to drive through, be rest-assured that the dessert scenery looses its novelty mighty fast.The funniest thing about Nevada is the tiniest of towns are loaded with HUGE hotes and Casinos, and no residential areas - it is so strange. Who travels to no-where Nevada to gamble????

We finally arrived in Reno with myself at the controls, which normally is okay as long as there is not to many turns etc, however I got to tackle a round-about while pulling the trailer. OH MY WORD, this is not easy and it resulted in Colin slightly yelling WIDER WIDER WIDER and me hitting the meridian only once, but cutting off god knows how many vehicles. Colin drove the rest of the leg that day!!!!

In the Reno he temperature was warmer @ +9 and there not to much snow. After Reno you immediately enter the last mountain pass of our trip which spits you out in California. The roads on the pass were dry but it was like driving in the mountains in Canada only with 3 lanes of traffic and going as fast as you can - a tad stressful! But the best part is as you enter a down grade the signs tell you how steep it will be and to check your breaks - so we did - guess what NO BREAKS!!! Thats right somewhere we cam unhooked. So imagine screaming down a mountain in three lanes of traffic with no breaks looking desperately for an exit - LOL we found one and it was all good! Now that we could focus on the scenery it was stunning - we kept saying its like driving through the Rockies at home!

Then into California with palm trees the temp +13 and the a/c on in the truck with the sun roof open - OH YA!!!

So navigating through Sacramento with the trailer - INTERESTING!!!!! PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE GPS. We wonder how people got around without them. 5 lanes of traffic 130km/hr - you get the picture but we made it. We are currently in the KOA Sacramento rv resort with a view of a lake surrounded by palm trees. We are looking a bit shabby though as the wears of our travels are evident by the filth on the truck and trailer. But problem solved . . .as the mobile "rig scrub and shine" is booked to come and clean us up. We are lucky to have gotten a spot because the California chapter of the American Motor coach association is having its conference here this week - so we are nestled in amongst some pretty impressive "rigs", ones which actually deserve the title "rig".

So off the California board of nursing today to obtain my license and out to celebrate the new year tonight.

Will post some better pics later!