2019 loneliest road – part 10, Fallon: shoe tree
As we drove out of Fallon, our first stop was at the shoe tree. What is it? At some point of time and for some reason, people started leaving their...
2019 loneliest road – part 11, Austin: oldest hotel in Nevada, a castle, and a swarm of crickets
Leaving Fallon, we started experiencing the highs and lows of Great Basin that we had read about. We’d reach a summit or pass of around 7000 feet and drive into...
2019 loneliest road – part 12, Austin: Nevada Central Railroad
While we didn’t actually see the railroad in Austin because it had stopped running in 1938 and the rails were pulled up during WWII, sold, and used for the war...
2019 loneliest road – part 13, Eureka: lunch!
We had wanted to spend more time in the next town of Eureka as we drove east along Hwy. 50, but the campsite there was more expensive than the one...
2019 loneliest road – part 14, Eureka: too good to ignore or lemonade out of lemons
Before we started this trip, Barney found out that Nevada provided survival guides booklets that highlight each town and what to see there. The guide has spots on each town’s...