31st July 2016 - Sacramento CA - Kms to date 8,643

Kms today 488

We went into town before breakfast to check out the Hot Rod show.  It was pretty minimal as most of the Hot Rods in the USA were heading for Hot August Night in Reno and poor old Winnemucca got the dregs. There were some interesting cars though and the first that caught our attention was a Morris Minor pick-up truck. It was very cute.

Proud owner of a 1956 Morrie Minor Ute.

Next to it was a Valiant pick-truck from Australia and still RH drive!

1974 Valliant Ute RH Drive from Australia.

There were also a few army  jeeps with machine guns on the back and a Mustang like the one we were hiring. We headed off to one of the Casinos for brekkie and shared the dining room with a dozen members of the Hells Angels.
The drive down I-80 was uneventful but hot and we were glad we were in an aircon car not  on bikes. We were passed by a couple of heavily loaded bikes and the rear one was struggling in the wind. They had to stop up the road.
We swapped drivers in Reno and started the descent into the Sacramento Valley. We came down 5,000 ft and the Hwy wound through a mountain pass. We arrived at Joe and Thelma's place, off loaded our baggage and had a nice cup of tea. We didn't want to get to the airport too soon or we would pay for an extra day when we dropped the Mustang off.
We took the back road to the airport courtesy of Mabel, Alan's GPS. When we dropped off Sherman we told the girl that it was to be charged to Jon Dagget via the Kalispell office. Then over to Dollar Rental to pick up the Mustang. After the paperwork, the first car we tried to drive away was the wrong one! It was the same colour, white, but wrong place. We found it OK with the rear bumper a bit loose. We got that on the record and then drove back to Thelma and Joe's place.

This is our set of wheels for the next 2 1/2 weeks.

It was a big car but the boot was compromised by the compartment for the folding roof. Plenty of leg room and just enough head room for Alan. We had dinner and then packed our bags but there's no way our suitcases and the bike panniers will all fit in, so we will have to make a run to Jon Daggett's office tomorrow morning to drop them off.