Text only until I get a chance to process photos.
We woke about 7am, broke camp and returned the rental car to the Sacramento airport. We got onto I-80 eastbound. The Mosquito fire had expanded overnight and moved a bit northeast due to SFO Bay onshore winds. The ride uphill (to 7227 ft at Donner Pass) was very smokey. We ended up wearing N95 masks inside the Goose’s cabin, even with the AC on recirc. Steep downhill from Truckee down to Reno. We stopped for fuel in Reno, had lunch at El Pollo Loco. I used to eat at EPL all the time when in San Diego in the 90s, and the menu has changed only a very little. We headed farther east on I-80, then shifted to the roads leading to Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon in Fallon NV.
NAS Fallon is the aviation base where the Navy’s Top Gun school is now. When Tom Cruise was filming Top Gun, the school was at NAS Miramar CA, which has since been put under care of the Marine Corp (MCAS Miramar now). NAS Fallon is in the Nevada desert on very flat land that stretches for miles in every direction. Big sky country. On a Sunday, it was very quiet. After getting into our RV site, we did laundry and made dinner. Big traveling day tomorrow.
Steve Steele
Oh wow! I don’t remember you being stationed in San Diego. You’ll have to tell me more about that when next we hang out. Also… Do see the latest Top Gun movie. It’s better than the original, IMHO.