So we got up around 7 am Pacific time, which wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, as we had just crossed over into the Pacific time zone, and got ready to head over to the continental breakfast. To save a little money, we stayed in a one bed room, and I slept on an air mattress. It takes a few minutes to fill the thing up, but what’s really cool is that if you’re sitting on it and open its…um…opening I guess you call it, and it deflates in literally about 5 seconds. This particular Super 8 had more options for breakfast which was nice. Krysta had gone down to eat while I started to pack up the car in preparation for our long journey through Nevada, into California. After I packed the car a bit, I went over, grabbed a few Belgian waffles and put them in the toaster. But one of them missed, and I got crumbs all over the place. Little did I know Krysta was sitting on the other side of the room, laughing at my clumsiness.
Anyway, it was actually pretty cold out early in the Nevada desert morning, so we hopped in the little Mazda and headed westward on Route 80. Like Utah, there wasn’t a whole lot on the road in Nevada, passed through a few little towns of nothing much. However, there was this big black truck that was going wicked fast on the highway, and was actually kind of scaring me a little, especially because whenever we seemed to get away from it, it would end up near us again. I started to think it was coming to get us.... Here are some pics of that ride….
At around 12:30 we reached the magical city of Reno. We were low on gas, so we drove around a little to find a station. The first station we went to was full, and didn’t look like it was going to let up soon. It doesn’t help that the gas tank is on the right side of the car, and I’ve never driven a car with the tank on that side. While I’m on the car for a minute, overall I’ve been pretty happy, but there are a few minor gripes (don’t want to sound like I’m complaining, rather just pointing out some things). I almost always drive a Camry back home, I’ve been driving it for years and I love it. This Mazda 3 is alright, but I still am not used to the fact that the brake is very responsive, which in some ways is good, but has resulted in me slamming the brakes on unintentionally a few times, leading to my and Krysta’s loss of breath for a few seconds. Also, it takes a little bit to get the thing moving, which can sometimes result in driving too fast after I want to, leading me to have to slam on the brake, and causing me and Krysta to again get the wind knocked out of us.
Anyway, the second gas station only accepted cash, which I didn’t want to use, and certain debit cards. Of course I didn’t realize this until after I pulled in and tried to use a credit card, so alas we left and finally found an empty gas station that accepted credit cards. From there we drove to Applebees and had a nice lunch. Pretty much right when we finished our food, we got a new waiter, which is something that I’m not sure has happened to me before. The new guy was nice and all, but I think he was trying to make up for the fact that he hadn’t been our waiter for the whole time, because he kept asking us if we needed anything, despite telling him many times that we were all set. Appreciate the enthusiasm though. One thing I have to wonder is what they do with tips in this kind of situation.
I saw a Best Buy on the way into Reno, and since I’m a techno-geek, I needed to go in to one. Of course as I often do, I went in, looked around a little bit, got nothing, and left. We then tried to figure out how we were going to get to Yosemite National Park, as the GPS said it was gonna take about 4 hours to get there, which I believed was unacceptable. So fortunately there was a Barnes & Noble in the same plaza, and we went in and used the free wi-fi to find the best way to go, and we also booked a room at the “Miner’s Inn” in Mariposa, a “nearby” town…..more on that to come
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