And it was a late start indeed. Jim arrived just as we got checked out of our hotel -- about 11-ish. We asked about a place to eat and were directed to a nearby Mexican restaurant. Donna and I followed Jim and we got a table, then waited for Jim's wife Kiki to join us. We sat and talked and caught up on life, much like the evening before with my sister and her family. After we ate, we said our goodbyes.
Donna and I fumbled our way through Roseville and found a gas station and the interstate and took to the road once more. We drove out of the city traffic and were soon climbing the northern Sierra Nevada mountains toward Donner Pass.
Before we knew it, we were at the Donner Lake vista point, so we pulled over to take a picture and let some of the traffic roll by. The interstate was pretty busy at that point, so we decided to let some of the trucks get ahead of us. We weren't in that much of a hurry to get to Reno.
After we passed into Nevada, the road surface turned to crap. The surface of the right lane had been stripped, and we hit the area with no warning about the road conditions. The left lane had been paved over but there was about a half-inch difference in lane height. It was a white-knuckle ride for a while.
We arrived at our hotel (El Dorado Reno) about 4:30-ish and unloaded the bikes again. This time we had help from the bell desk getting the stuff up to our room. Easy-peasy. We will call the bell desk in the morning to have them take everything down while we get checked out and bring the bikes over from the parking lot across the street. Did I mention that when we called for reservations, they comped us the room? I love the gambling towns.
The nice thing about staying at a casino is how self-contained they are. We don't have to order delivery or get back on the bikes to go find dinner or have a drink. Everything we need is conveniently located three floors below. Once we got settled into our room and pulled a beer and a wine out of our travel cooler, we went down to the casino to play the slots and forage for food. We decided on the buffet for dinner, and as usual didn't disappoint.
We wandered around the casino for a while, winning a little on this machine, losing a little on that one. I pretty much broke even. When I left the casino and came back up to the room, Donna was winning a little on a video roulette machine. When she came back up to the room, she had doubled what she started with, so we call that a win.
Tomorrow we get on the interstate and ride to Wells, NV. It should be a rather uneventful ride.
Mileage today: 123.5
Jae's trip total: 3646.5
Donna's trip total: 3638.9
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