Ah!  Across Highway 50 to Reno?  Billed as "The Loneliest Road"..In a Van,
there will be some long stretches there between habitation.  Heading
into Austin,  NV. they should watch for the 'SpeedTrap Ahead" sign painted
on the side of an old miner's shack...
  Don Hanson

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Ted Titcomb <ted@titcomb.com> wrote:

> The boys left Denver around 3pm yesterday, and arrived in Salt Lake City
> this morning around 6:30.
> They enjoyed a big breakfast of chicken fried steak and eggs and pancakes
> and are now enroute to San Francisco through the desert in the heat of the
> day!
>
> They report no oil consumption(!) or problems, but lots of time in the
> Colorado mountains in 2nd gear, around 23mph.
> Looks like they are generally cruising at a considerate 50-55mph when grade
> is even, and 3rd gear in the low 40's  when attacking grades up to 3%.
> Still disappointed with the transmission of photos from them, but a few
> trickle in:
>
>
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/G-jE8CcKfaXgjBiaCUv_Fw?authkey=Gv1sRgCK
> bEwqyyxonXsQE&feat=directlink
>