Left home at 8 am and drove to Eunice's house to pick up black bread she made for Helen and me. Then headed north to Bellingham to pick up Laura. Left there a bout 11:45 and headed south. Drove through many rain and hail squalls on the way. Spend the night near Centralia at Midway RV park space 51.
346 miles
Day 2 Tuesday April 14 118471
Headed south on I-5 then took I-205 around Portland. Some sprinkles and some hail. Stopped at rest area south of Roseburg and who was there? Laura's granddaughter Holly's grandparents.. Amazing. Let my gas gauge go to "low on gas" light and drove about 25 miles. Still had 3 gallons left. No worries. Spent the night at Rogue River Campground space A 15. Cold and windy.
339 miles
Day 3 Wednesday April 15 118810
Left the campground and headed south on I-5. Took hwy 89 east towards Reno. Had to turn onto hwy 44 and then 395 through Reno. Lots of thunder/hail storms along the way. No snow. No critters except a squirels. Got to Laura's sister's about 3:45. We would have had to go through some snow if we had left a day earlier.
355 miles
Right to left. Laura, her sister Lois, and Lois' daughter Vickie.Day 4 Thursday April 16 119165
Leasurely day. Went to Scheels sporting goods store and walked around. Huge with just about anything anyone would need for any sport. For dinner went to the Tammarac Casino for a seafood buffet which was an appreciation dinner for some customers. Yummy. Went with Laura, her sister Lois and Lois' daughter Vickie. Lost a dollar on the keno machines.
Day 5 Friday April 17 119165
After breakfast, Laura and I went to a rock hounding site about 7 miles south of Fernley off of I-80 on hwy 95A south. No wind and warm about 65 degrees.
Found some agates that were fairly nice. Saw a herd of wild horses on the way home. Fun to watch. 
Had a nice time. Lois made taco salad for dinner. Some of Laura's relatives showed up for a nice visit.105 miles (non-trailer)
Day 6 Saturday April 18 119270
After a breakfast of nummy biskets and sausage gravy, I headed out. Took 395 north towards downtown Reno and then took I-80 to exit 46 which is US 95A south. Then on to US95. Saw three wild donkeys. Drove through Tonopah which was 65 degrees at 6000 feet. At 6.7 miles south of Scotty's Junction searched the side of the rode and found lots of Apache tears (obsidian). They are suppose to be facet grade from this area. Spent the night at Bailey's Hot Springs just on the northern edge of Beatty, Nevada, space 14. Went into the hottest pool, about 107 deg. F. for about 6-7 minutes. Heavenly. These are nice since they are private.
336 miles
Day 7 Sunday April 19 119606
Left the hot springs and continued south on US 95 to hwy 160 which goes to I-15 just south of Las Vegas. The exit off I-15 to Laughlin (hwy 64) was blocked so I had to go out of my way by about 10 miles to get onto 64. . At Laughlin/ Bullhead City the temperature was 93 degrees along the Colorado River. Whew. Drove all the way to I-40 at Klingman, AZ and spent the night at Circle S campground just north of I-40. After setting up the trailer, went about 10 miles north to a site that has grey and white banded onyx. Needed hard rock tools to get it out and it was hot (86 deg) so only picked up chunks others had left behind. Found a few nice pieces.
Drove 20 non-trailer miles.
Day 8 Monday April 20.
Continued on I-40 to Holbruck and then took 180 south to hwy 61 and to Helen's just outside of St. Johns. Helen, and dogs Aspen and Zipper, and of course, Beaner the cat were happy to see me.
Drove 584 trailer miles the last two days.
Day 9 Tuesday April 21. 120211
After breakfast started taking apart the catiary roof which was blown off by 70-90 mile per hour winds this last winter. Looks like most of the wood is salvageable but not the brackets or the roofing. Quit at noon because of the heat. After dinner went out to my property to watch the sun set and go for a walk with Zipper the dog. I was happy to see that most of my water control for the road was successful. I think it is knowledge learned at trail crew. Lots of fresh deer tracks and bunnies too. Pretty sunset.
Day 10 Wednesday April 22.
Finished taking apart the catiary roof. Only need to buy a few rafters and hardware and roofing. Went to Show Low to Lowes and Home Depot to buy the stuff to put the roof back. This time with more hurricane wind protection. Temperature was 82 degrees today and a nice sunset.
Day 11 Thursday April 23.
Unloaded the truck. I built the pier block frames to put the posts into. Went to town to do a few errants. After lunch went to neightbor Paul's to have a beer and chat. Watched Survivor after dinner.
Day 12 Friday April 24.
Poured the concrete into the post blocks. Helen and I had lunch then went to Springerville to go grocery shopping. Of course, Helen stopped by the quilt shop. We stopped by the Little Colorado river for a walk and to let Zipper the dog do his thing. Got really windy this afternoon.
