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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Day 1: CA to Nevada

So...after getting married and spending 3 weeks on Kauai...we returned to SF and couldn't wait to leave. Our wonderful friend Sarah wants her Toyota RAV4 in New York City, and we thought why not take it to her and make a vacation out of it too. We picked up the car from Half Moon Bay, CA and headed East...well...Northish East. The goal: get to NY in 3 weeks and see a bunch of stuff we've never seen. After checkin' the Toyota's fluids we pumped up the spare tire and hit the road. Destination: Jackpot, Nevada.















So happy to leave the Bay Area...but not really excited about the drive to Reno. We've seen that drive about 378 times.








Aaaahhhhh. Central Nevada. Wow! Desolation...and sagebrush! And prisons. Road signs warn: HITCH-HIKING PROHIBITED; DO NOT PICK UP HITCH-HIKERS. I'm cool with that.















I'm pretty sure this truck is a boy truck.











Yay! We did it...We're finally in Jackpot, Nevada...we stayed at Cactus Pete's casino and resort...Where there is great people watching, a phone right next to the toilet, and a new top food of all time: Deep-fried gobs of Mac-n-cheese...Why isn't this culinary wonder found everywhere?!!