The long haul through the desert…

Wow! Who knew how much nothingness was between Vegas and Reno? I sure did not. I have for the first time seen a mirage — the likes of which would entice me into a thirst-induced stumble towards the ‘lake’. It was quite amazing, very different than the ’shimmers’ I saw in West Texas (that I thought were mirages).
This — however, is NOT a mirage–it is Lake Walker:

So…we made it all the way through the desert, passed the lakes, and then pulled into Reno — around 6PM here! I was so glad to be here, and I’m sure dad was even more happy to be out of the truck.
I’m getting carpet put in my room Monday morning (at 9) so I can’t put anything in my room — luckily, there’s a garage, and I just put everything there — we returned the Penske 3 days early (too bad we don’t get money back:)
The house is cool, I’m excited to meet my new housemates! (I’m living with two girls — so we’ll see how they like it…Melissa said she was going to call and warn them — but I doubt they have any idea).
There will be a toy yorkie and a ‘mutt’. The mutt appears to be rather large by the size of dog crate in the garage and the bed on the back porch.
Speaking of the back porch — I’ve got a pretty neat view! I’m up high looking down over lots of houses with mountains in the background!

I’m off to meet the carpet guy — I’ll try to be a little more disciplined about posting as I’m sure this’ll be an exciting adventure!