to: Lake Tahoe (6/3/2004)

This is incredible! We left Las Vegas at 9am and it was already 96 degrees on its way to 106. Tonight, we may have to use the furnace...it is expected to get down into the 30's here in South Lake Tahoe, CA. We arrived late this afternoon after driving thru desert for 400 miles.
We saw several billboards advertising bordellos...it was not inuendo...it said bordello. We got a pic of the "Shady Lady" but, since we were moving, not sure of the quality. We'll see. Saw unleaded regular gas for $2.639 in Indian Springs, NV but, fortunately, we had plenty and fueled later in Beatty, NV at a mere $2.299. I had budgeted $2.50/gallon for the average fuel cost and so far, after 2,100 miles, have averaged $2.027 so we are nicely under budget at this point.
I know that California, Oregon, British Columbia and Alberta will be high. Alaska and Washington less so. Ate dinner at Marie Callenders...haven't eaten at Marie's since we lived in Austin. Bus, alas, no room for the famous pies.
Don and Chris Stevens (dear friends from our days in Connecticut) are now living in Auburn, CA. Don & Chris will join us tomorrow for two nights here in the piney woods on the southern shore of Lake Tahoe.