A Story

Now we have a story.

Took what we thought might be the scenic route to Ely,NV.

Not very scenic and a very high altitude.(cold)

When exiting the town of Austin,NV,while heading up a mountain at 35mph/58kph I heard a bang,black smoke started pouring out of the exhaust and we lost most of our power.Limped it barely moving to a space to pull out and shut it off.

We called Good Sam Roadside Assistance and they were going to send a tow truck.Called at 2:04 pm.

To make a long story short they agreed to tow us 90 miles to the nearest repair spot but they could not work on the coach till maybe,that's maybe the beginning of next week.I  wanted it towed to Ely about 145 miles away but would have to pay the difference.(probably $350 -$400 more) I agreed.
Get r done!

8:20pm the tow truck arrives.

After making friends and doing a little schmoozing he tow'd  it the extra for $20.00 cash.
After all he did charge them $1,480.00 for the tow.

What a country!

So now it's 10pm and it's dark.We can't drive in the dark cause of the glare of the oncoming headlights.We go back to town to get a room.3 motels,1 closed and 2 with no vacancies.

We have to drive.The good news is we are on America's loneliest highway and there is no traffic,except for the 2 deer I narrowly missed coming out of town.The next town is about 60 miles away but when we get there the nice motel has no rooms,Another motel will not take dogs and the one that has 1 room left looks like you could catch something driving by with the windows closed.

So it's on to Ely.Like I said no traffic except for Bugs,whom we hit at about 120km/75mph.Instant rabbit stew.

Then I flash my lights at this guy whom I think has his brights on and he in turn, turns on his red and blue flashers.Oh Dear!
He didn't turn around so all is good

I did notice that the temperature gauge read a high of 33/1C and a low of 19/-7C
The coach better not freeze up.

Finally we get into Ely after 1am and lots of motels are full and the rest don't answer the night bell.We find a flee bag,pay & check in.OMG it sucks,we can't stay here.It's a dump.

So off I go looking foe another place.I find a hotel,Casino that takes dogs at an extra $7.50 each.We take it.It's a nice place and off to sleep we go at 2am.The coach has of course not arrived yet.