Well, for various reasons I didn't get up in the air until after 11am. My goal was a 9:30 am takeoff to avoid turbulence in Nevada, which is very common on warm afternoons. However ... there was almost no turbulence and the trip was lovely! Caught a nice tail wind after passing Reno and cruised along first at 9500' and later, at 11500' doing over 150 knots (that's 172 mph).
After a pleasant 3 hours, that seemed shorter, I landed in Wendover Nevada, a drinking and gambling destination for Utah folks. Wendover is a former training airport for bomber pilots including those that flew Enola Gay. They also have a small WWII museum.
Here are pictures, one I snapped while departing the Bay Area, you can see San Francisco in the distance, a few over Lake Tahoe, some pictures of the desolation that is Nevada, a picture of Wendover Airport from the air, and some pictures of the historic displays. https://goo.gl/photos/jMSrni71dtEBAeL99
I landed after a Lear Jet and in front of an MD-80. The Lear jet was full of happy people heading for the Reno Air Races. They bought a tank of fuel ($430!) and were back on their way. So many nice people in the flying community.
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