2019 loneliest road – part 21, Ely: charcoal for the Ward Mine
At the end of Success Loop south of Ely, we were at the spot where we could go to the Ward Charcoal State Historical Park. We had heard about these...
2019 loneliest road – part 22, Great Basin Natl. Park: lucky campsite and a walk
The drive from Ely east toward this national park was so beautiful as we crossed 2 more summits and their basins. This is our first view of Mt. Wheeler, the...
2019 loneliest road – part 23, Great Basin Natl. Park: lows and highs, higher still
Today we went low and high: low into the Lehman Caves and high to Mt. Wheeler. When the area became a national monument in 1922 around the Lehman Caves, it...
2019 loneliest road – part 24, Great Basin Natl. Park: ranching, post art, water, more history, end of Hwy. 50
Great Basin National Park is just up the road from Baker, a very small town in the basin between the 2 summits. On the road to Baker, we kept seeing...
2019 four corners – part 1, Utah: an unusual campsite and a drive to match our destination
We finished our drive out of Nevada’s Great Basin toward Utah, climbing over 2 more summits and their basins until we finally made it to the Wasatch Mountains, the eastern...