Lonely Road
Wakened this morning at 6:45 by Charlie and Joe knocking on the Carbus door. Their parents had kept them in the house for 45 minutes before that. Dress and then into the house to ”play” a couple of games before breakfast.
Breakfast worthy of a multi-multi-star restaurant (typical when Roland cooks)
After breakfast, hugs and waves and we are off.
East on I80 to Fernly and then on US50alt to Fallon. Fill with gas and then east toward Ely on US50 – “The Loneliest Road in America”. Driving across Nevada is a necessary evil to get to Utah and beyond and this is our favorite way to do it. It is long(over 320 miles), desolate(only two named “towns” along the way and almost nonexistent services even there), narrow (very nice roomy two lane as opposed to four lane interstate), long straight stretches mixed with easy climbs over seven passes(I80 just long and flat through desert all the way). The road was very busy today. In the past we have met maybe 20-30 cars coming from the other direction and been passed by 5 or 6 cars. Today, in the 320 miles we might have met 80-90 cars and were passed by 10.
Views along the Loneliest Road
Monster sand dune
Long and straight
Over a pass
Beat that view I80 !
We saw several of there hay trucks. No idea where it is coming from or where it is headed. Sure a long way to move hay.
Entering Ely, NV
Long day. Got to Ely about 3:15pm. Set up in casino RV park then inside to register and get our complimentary margaritas.
Map of our travels.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=12x4dHvzJbvb0UcaUtz2NjLNihZE&usp=sharing
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