Day 1:
Scheduled departure : 4:00 AM.
Actual departure : 8:48 AM. :-)
Both Geetha and I are still sick. And Calvin is developing a cough too. What a bummer! Well, tiny little bacteria are not going to stop us. We have been planning this for many months and we decide to go anyway.
A long drive. 539 miles. For those who think in kilometers thats 862Km. We went through three states. Started in Oregon, travelled through California and ended up in Carson City in Nevada. Geetha did most of the driving so I got to sleep a bit. And we passed through Reno - we have to come back there for a few days :-) And my dear wife tells me that it is the home of the 'bunny ranch' Funny, how she knows stuff like that and I don't- I wonder where she learns it.
And hey, did you know that gas costs just $4.11 in Nevada. Compare that to $4.67 in California and $4.26 in Oregon. Did I say 'just' 4.11? How quickly one gets accustmed to things. And the Toyota RAV 4 has a small fuel tank - 13 gallons - which gives us a range of just under 300 miles. I need to buy a 10 gallon spare gas can before we hit Death valley next week.
Carson city has a lot of lights; and casinos; and one hell of a lot of old cars. I think there must be some kind of antique car rally and the town is chock full of old cars driven by even older people. The people themselves hardly ever catch your eye, and when they do it is with a poker face. All that gambling must have got to them.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Day -1 : Getting Ready
Got those highway blues, cant you hear my motor runnin
Flyin down the road with my foot on the floor
All the way in town they can hear me comin
Fords about to drop, she wont do no more
And I smell my motor burnin
Underneath the hood is smoke
Cant stop, and I cant stop
Got to keep on movin or Ill lose my mind
Oh, rockin down the highway...... - The Doobie Brothers
Friday is here at last. So much work to do and so little time. Geetha is sick and I think I'm getting it too. We decide (like the Doobie brothers) that the Ford just won't cut it and we rent from Hertz. Mike at Hertz likes Indian food - no connection but he ups me to a Toyota RAV, brand new with a built in GPS. neat.
We have decided to travel light, so that means just 8 suitcases and a few odd boxes. I decide that the holiday has started and bring out the Mount Gay Rum. funny name, but the rum is the best I have had this side of the Pacific. Of course, the best rum to be had is in india - mcDowell's No.1.
Flyin down the road with my foot on the floor
All the way in town they can hear me comin
Fords about to drop, she wont do no more
And I smell my motor burnin
Underneath the hood is smoke
Cant stop, and I cant stop
Got to keep on movin or Ill lose my mind
Oh, rockin down the highway...... - The Doobie Brothers
Friday is here at last. So much work to do and so little time. Geetha is sick and I think I'm getting it too. We decide (like the Doobie brothers) that the Ford just won't cut it and we rent from Hertz. Mike at Hertz likes Indian food - no connection but he ups me to a Toyota RAV, brand new with a built in GPS. neat.
We have decided to travel light, so that means just 8 suitcases and a few odd boxes. I decide that the holiday has started and bring out the Mount Gay Rum. funny name, but the rum is the best I have had this side of the Pacific. Of course, the best rum to be had is in india - mcDowell's No.1.
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