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Ellen at Rawlins Lake, Ca
Rawlins Lake Late Season FIshing
After some delay due to hurricane Florence, we departed on our extended trip through the North West. Ellen had flown to South Carolina the week before to visit with Jessie and Arianna. Ryan, Jessie’s fiance, had taken his boat and few friends on a fishing expedition to Tampa. Jessie asked if Ellen could come visit. “Sure,” and she was off. I’m relieved that Florence did no damage in the Bluffton and Hilton Head area. We left for Yellowstone NP and points North on Wednesday.
Today is day three of our motorhome trip to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. We stayed overnight at Iron Horse RV Resort on the west side of Elko. Yesterday was a 6 1/2 hour drive through most of Nevada. We left Long Ravine at Rawlins Lake just west of Colfax Ca. The two RV “campgrounds” are quite different. Long Ravine is located near a lake in the trees. It is idyllic with few campers in the off season. Iron Horse does have trees, though it feels more like a parking lot and it is full of campers. The bath rooms at Long Ravine are primitive, old, and do not feel clean. At Iron Horse, the opposite is true. Personally I’d give up the amenities for that backwoods feeling.
I was not certain we would make it to Elko yesterday. That’s a long drive though with little to see in Nevada, it made sense to push on through. Next time we’ll search for ghost towns. On our way from Colfax to Elko, we stopped for gas at Lovelock. There I backed up to access the free diesel pump and backed into a huge rock. No damage was done to our bicycle rack or (more importantly) to Ellen’s trike. The right rack tail light had it’s bottom edge taken off. I’ve repaired it with clear silicon; no major damage done except to my ego perhaps. Next time I’ll have a spotter backing up.
Campgrounds (I use that term loosely, for years I was an avid backpacker), campgrounds thus far have been reasonably priced. Both Long Ravine and Iron Horse were around $35. Funny, Long Ravine charges extra per pet!
The weather these past two days has been perfect. Clear bright skies over the Sierra as we drove through and into the vast valleys of Nevada with their surrounding desolate peaks. I had a surprise this morning. It was cool last night. The outside temperature in the shade was 29 F! Daytime temperatures are in the mid to high 70’s. It was not below freezing long enough to drop our tank’s water temperature to freezing, though that will be a concern going forward.
