May 2021

We were planning on spending just one night in Ash Springs, NV, but then decided it would be nice to have a couple of days to get the tiny house organized. We hate traveling on the weekends due to the traffic volumn, so our projected leave date was Monday. Of course we woke up on Monday to some pretty high winds. The next ‘big’ town we are going through is Tonopah, NV, so we looked up the weather for that location and they were calling for 30+ MPH. So another night will be spent here. It was cool because we got Shell fuel points for staying in the RV park. We saved 33 cents a gallon off of our gas!
We only had five other RV’s in the campground besides us. One was around a 40 foot 5th wheel. Made our little 18 footer look even smaller. They were older musicians and were headed to Ely to play a gig. Turns out they stay in the same RV park that we do in Ely, NV and even hang out in the Boise area. They left on Saturday morning and a new neighbor came in on Sunday. These people were from Meridian and only live a couple of miles from my Mom’s house. We have been to a lot of the same places that they have during our travels. Small world, huh? They were really impressed with Lee’s truck, that I have affectionately named “The Beast”. She asked me a ton of questions about it and then her husband came out and asked me some more. He told me that we really got a steal when we found it. Everyone is so amazed when we tell them that we had the camper shell custom built 18 years after the truck was made. The factory did such an awesome job of matching the paint that you have to look really close to see any difference in the shade.
The the last 3 all came in on Monday night. 2 of them were toyhaulers and they were nice enough to give Lee a tour. Now of course, he wants to upgrade ours. 🙂 We didn’t meet the last one, as they came in after dark and left really early this morning.
We pulled out of Ash Springs around 11 AM and made it to Tonopah around 2:30. We thought about boondocking in the Casino parking lot again, but decided that we wanted to keep going. We fueled up and headed out. Did I mention that Lee FINALLY let me drive? Whoohoo. Of course, I had to train him to be a good navigator. It’s a work in progress. LOL. He never realized how hard I worked letting him know when someone was passing us, when there were dangers (or Cows) up ahead on the road, and getting him a drink or snacks. It isn’t just sitting around enjoying the scenery, let me tell you.
We pulled into Hawthorne, NV about 4:30, picked up some ice and headed out to find the perfect camping spot. And boy did we. It’s absolutely beautiful here. Everything I could want in a home. A lake, the desert, AND the highway just above us so I can watch the world go by. Perfect. Of course, I looked up the weather and they get an average of 7 inches of snow here a year. Nope, not staying here past our mini vacation.