Day 2: Sparks, NV to Elko NV: A cereal kinda day

By cereal, I mean that the events of the day can be summed up by "Nut'n Honey." The landscape along the 286-mile stretch between Sparks and Elko, while initially quite beautiful, changed very little. A few very small towns, a few rest stops, and a lot of unchanging open space.
We arrived here at the Iron Horse RV Resort around 5:30, made dinner, and are now relaxing.
So far the RV lifestyle seems a bit odd. Big to huge RVs lined up neatly about 15 feet apart. Fully contained living units, so it's definitely not like camping. It's like a mobile motel...at least for us in the MoFo. (Mr. B referred to our rental as the Millenium Falcon or MF. I prefer MoFo.) Some of the huge Class A are ridiculously outfitted. These are the mobile hotel/condos/McMansions of the RV world: satellite dishes, slide-out sides to double the interior space, full-size appliances, wide-screen TVs, etc.
Anyway, here's a summary of what RVing in MoFo has been like:

• The noise level due to non-MoFo parts has been reduced successfully. (Thank you, GPE, for the suggestion of shelf liner to keep things from sliding around.) MoFo-related parts still rattle loudly. The most tiring part of the travel has been the loud ambient noise. We've gotten some other noise-reduction suggestions to try out tomorrow.
• Our chocolate lab, Lucy, wasn't a fan of car traveling and is much less a fan of RVing. She appears annoyed.
• Our yellow one, C Dawg, is still deaf, but he's hanging in there. (See below for more on that.)
• Driving MoFo is like trying to maneuver a billboard in a windstorm. No aerodynamics. 

Why the Yellow One is Deaf--Just before we left, he had two teeth extracted. During the pre-op check, the vet said he had an ear infection and gave us Gentizol (Gentamicin sulfate). After just two days of use, the yellow one became deaf, stone-cold deaf. Gentizol is a commonly-used, broad-spectrum bactericide and is known to be ototoxic in dogs, especially older ones like ours. (Wish we had known that beforehand.) In 30 years, the vet clinic has only seen 2 other cases. In one of those, the dog regained its hearing. C Dawg is showing slight indications of hearing. Mr. B and I are keeping our fingers crossed. If you have a dog with an ear infection, take care when using Gentizol or the like.
Tomorrow we hit the road early to get to Craters of the Moon National Park.
Good night all.