Well, what can I say about today? Not much. We got up early and headed for our next stop, Sparks, Nevada. As we left town this morning (Ely, NV), we had to stop and take a picture of the sign on the edge of town. The sign read "Highway 50 The Loneliest Road in America". They were not kidding! 270 miles of nothing. No homes, no stores, no rest stops and one town about 160 miles into the ride. Guess where we stopped for gas?
We would go over some small mountains and as we crested the top of the hill we could see the next basin stretched out in front of us. Down the other side of the hills across the basin (20 or 30 miles) and over the next hills.
We made really good time as we drove along at about 80 MPH with the occasional blast to 90 just because we could. When you look out in front of you and the road is 15 or 20 miles of straight, what the heck, it gets boring! OK, so I did hit 100 for about half a mile, but just a half a mile!
So, we arrived in Sparks, NV around 11:30 this morning and checked into the time- share Tammy and I have here. Then we scooted over to the Harley-Davidson store and had the oil and filters changed and the bikes washed. From there we went to Safeway, bought some steaks, shrimp, potatoes, corn on the cob, and some mushrooms and we will make ourselves a nice home cooked meal.
Another day in the bag, tomorrow, we will be in the Klamath Falls area, probably camping for the last time. Randy or Janet, do you know of any campgrounds in the area? Preferrable state or national campgrounds.
That's it for today. Goodnight, sleep well, and God bless.
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That's a long stretch of lonesome!
And you reminded me that I got pulled over yesterday for speeding, and I was only doing 70! No ticket, though, just a verbal warning. Pity for the poor grandma driving the drop-dead freakishly ugly CRX maybe?
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