Day 1 is done!

What a start! Discovered loose steering bearing so spent the a.m. today at the dealer in Carson City NV. Fixed and on the road by noon, only to face major construction along the way.t

Hwy 50 is not the loneliest road in America as claimed.  Desolate -- I give it high marks; But Lonely? Nah.   Why once there was a few minutes where, counting me, I could see 4 vehicles at once!  I don't think there ever was a time when a car didn''t pass me going the other way at least once every five or ten minutes! And then there was the visiting hour spent talking with other stranded folks at construction stops.  No, 120 out of Mono Lake, or the Extraterrestrial Hwy are much lonelier.
But Godforsaken I give it.  This is the kind of country that if there were any human kids around, they'd be driven 20 miles to the bus stop, and then ride two hours to school.  Nevadans have some curious notions about things too:  there's the Toyibe National Forest that doesn't sport a single tree, let alone a copse big enough to claim the designation "forest".  And roadside signs warning of impending traffic from "farm equipment" has got to be someone's idea of a cute joke.  The only thing growing between Carson City and Eureka NV is sagebrush, and in some stretches not even that is hardy enough to fight for survival.

Ely is beautiful high desert though, and there was a delightful surprise of a great motorcycle highway coming into the last twenty miles or so.

Enough for tonight...typing in the dark is too hard.  I'll update more tomorrow. 'Nite.






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