Mix some High Desert with some low Desert, then some Mountains ....... Tonopah, Death Valley, 395 and home... supposed to be downright cold in Death Valley tomorrow...... 80degrees..... brrrrr
Nice weather returning through Tonopah
Tonopah. Cloudy. High 59.
Walker Lake. Partly cloudy. High 75.
Bridgeport. Partly cloudy. High 67.
Gardnerville. Sunny. High 73.
Markleville. Sunny. High 70.
Kirkwood. Sunny. High 57.
Pine Grove. Sunny. High 74.
Groveland. Scattered thunder showers. Chance of rain 40%. High 74.
Tonopah it is. Try to make Lee Vining or Bridgeport today, We’ll see. My pace usually about that of a herd of turtles. I like to stop and look around a little. Thanks.
Mix some High Desert with some low Desert, then some Mountains ....... Tonopah, Death Valley, 395 and home... supposed to be downright cold in Death Valley tomorrow...... 80degrees..... brrrrr
If I had a little more time I’d go to Death Valley. I love that place. Spent sometime there on the bike a few years ago. Rode up to Dante’s View at night to watch the full moon rise. It was awesome.
Well Hwy 50 sure looks a lot better with the snow on the surrounding mountains, but damn that's a long straight road other than the brief twisties over the mountain passes.
I'm glad I did it, but not sure I'd do it again unless my only other option was the interstate.
I did the entirety of RT 50 a while back, the. Headed to SW UT. after that I loved every second of Rt 50. Bathroom stop anywhere you like. If you see a vehicle coming in the distance, you’ve got plenty of time. Have fun!
We took Highway 6 from Ely to Tonapah. It is even more remote and unpopulated than Highway 50. Wide open, empty and huge. It is beautiful the whole way. I’m fascinated by the raw untouched vastness of the Nevada High desert. Every time I come out here that fascination is rekindled. It seems like a place where a strong young man with ambition, a mule and forty acres could carve something out and make something of it. Then again you come across abandoned dwellings and sometime small towns that have been left there like forgotten dreams so maybe it’s just a pipe dream. Some though, seem to thrive out there as evidence of the huge ranches and cattle operations. Those were carved out of the desert be once young and ambitious men and woman I’m sure.
From filling station in Ely to filling station in Tonapah we traveled 180 miles. There is no gas in between. Tonapah is an old silver mining town. The Main St. strip is okay but a block or two in there is a high percentage of dilapidated buildings and some some which look like they are still inhabited while damn near falling down. It looks pretty rough. But then right across the street from where we gassed up was a small rest stop with no less than eight Tesla charging stations. Weird.
More forgotten dreams near Lee Vining, California....
One of my favorite restaurants in the whole world is Nicely’s in Lee Vining, California. Old school American cafe with good food at reasonable prices.
Mono Lake, looking back towards Lee Vining.
We traveled 352 miles today and are now holed up in a motel in Bridgeport, California. This the view.
05-09-2019, 11:35 PM
