A trip into Elko

Nancy had plans to go in to Elko (the "big town" that is "near" us with shopping available) on Saturday, so I went with her...

As we were getting ready to leave, Steve and Eddie were working on the deck outside Steve and Nancy's home.

Nancy was going in to Elko to pick up her first "Bountiful Basket". This is a fresh food co-op that she was trying out. A truck brings the fresh food to the distribution location, and then volunteers distribute it into baskets. Nancy and I were to volunteer in the splitting up of the food on this Saturday morning. As we got there, the truck that delivered the produce was just getting ready to leave - and the baskets were all set up on the parking lot in preparation for filling. (http://bountifulbaskets.org/)

After filling! Veggies on the left, fruits on the right. Each person who pays in a "contribution" gets the contents of 1 veggie and 1 fruit basket. You can contribute for two shares (or more) and get more baskets too. But you contribute in by Tuesday and find out on Saturday what you get.

I think there must have been 60-70 pairs of baskets. We had a fun time helping out, and Nancy got fruits and vegetables for her "contribution". We're not sure that the claim of $50 of value for the $20 contribution was quite met for this week, though.

A sign I saw while we were in Elko... Nancy and I discussed what "Operation of Recreational Vehicle" meant - we both decided it meant "stopped and being lived in". Otherwise you would not be able to drive (operate) an RV on most roads in Elko.

I should note that Elko was about 40 miles away from the RV park. Wells, NV is closer (about 7 miles) and has a hardware/auto parts/garden/stuff store, as well as a small grocery store, and what looked to be about 1-2 dozen small closed or re-purposed motels (into rental housing or strip mall type locations).