Day 1: Tiny Little Bacteria will not stop us

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.