Valmy Nevada Rest Area

At Valmy Nevada Rest Area, I-80

Shooting for a take-off time from Sandy and Arny’s of around 10:00, we were out of the backyard by 10, hooked up by 10:10 and said our goodbyes and left by 10:20.  Went to Sam’s to get gas ($3.09 per gallon), put in $85, enough to get us to Fernley Nevada where gas is 30-40 cents cheaper.  The trip up the mountain to Reno was fine, just glad we were not headed west because it was solid cars from Truckee to Auburn, sometimes at a crawl.  At Fernley we had to wait for cars in the RV gas line at Flying J, but other than that it went well for such a busy, busy place.

There is a dump station here at the Valmy Rest Area, and I dumped our tanks before pulling over…way over, in this oversized parking space…just in case a loud truck pulls in near us.  There are many truck and RV spaces here, more than for cars…and very few people here…yet.  Hope it stays that way.  The two pictures above, taken around 7:30, shows the dense smoke and haze in the sky…all those California fires.  Makes for colorful sunsets however.

 

This puts us around half-way to our Utah destination, Lake Jordanelle.  Not sure what time we will arrive there, but there is a Pilot/Flying J just a dozen miles away in Battle Mountain, so morning coffee will be purchased and not made by us. 

So far we are liking this rest area….8:30 pm, still very few cars or trucks in the lot, and it even got a “paws up” from Skruffy and Bubba…I think it was the GREEN GRASS they were able to use without a sign stating, “No Dogs On Grass”…which to me is absolutely stupid when they do that.