Sunday, August 16, 2015
08/16/15 - Today I left Walmart at Winnemucca, Nevada about 9:15am. I knew the drive would be a little bit more difficult after I hit the California border since there was a large pass I had to go over although it was a freeway. One of the things I did forget was that I was traveling on a Sunday and there was of course a bit more traffic. I did stop on the Nevada side for gas at a truck stop and had planned to eat lunch there when I soon discover it was extremely busy and there was really no place to park and I knew about 40 more miles there was a rest area but on top of the mountain. The climb was significant but I did OK. So I had lunch and took a little walk around since there was a small pond in the area and sat in the shade since it was getting quite warm. I took off and started down the mountain and most of it was a 5% to 6% grade so I put it in low gear to save the brakes but then we had a huge traffic jam twice on our way down. Not sure what happened but then everyone was braking. When I got into Sacramento, there really was alot of traffic and sometimes I had to exit off the left and then the next time to the right and it seemed I was always having to change lanes but I survived. I got to the Walmart to learn that it was part of a large shopping center so I found an empty lot next door and parked and walked the Walmart parking lot to see if I could find something but no way so decided to stay in the empty parking lot across the street. That parking lot was slanted down and I would have had to try and level the RV with the car attached so I decided to go across to parking lots that also was totally empty and I found a place under a tree that is much more on the level side. I just noticed that two semi trucks have parked where I was earlier but no one is near me so hopefully I won't get a knock on the door!! Security has been driving around all night so I really don't think there will be a problem. It is still 98 degrees in here although by the window I do have a little breeze. It is suppose to go down to 65 degrees but not until 4:00am!!
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