On the road East

Decided to take Route 50 across most of Nevada. Beautiful drive. It’s designated as the loneliest highway in the US. I can see what it’s so desolate. 

Towns were few and far between. Drove into Eureka, NV. Decided to stay here in the Silver Sky RV Lodge. The word lodge is a little misleading!  It’s gravel parking but full hookups. Lots of full-time campers here because right now gold mining is a huge business here. 

Here are two of the some town buildings. 

Thursday

Still on Route 50. Even though it’s only two lanes, it’s straight and not much traffic. 

Looks like an abandoned school in the middle of nowhere. 

Interesting mining area. 

As we were rolling down the road, there was a police car coming towards us in our lane!  Bill slowed to a stop and the officer did, too. Told us there was a wide load coming. Sure was wide!

Since we left CA, we kept seeing signs for the Pony Express auto tour. Stopped at a rest stop that told us the story of the Pony Express. 

In 1845, it took 6 months to get messages from the east coast to California. In January of 1860, the Pony Express began. Since horses could only run at a gallop for about 8-10 miles, they had to have relay stations across the US. However the Pony Express only lasted 18 months because the completion of the first Transcontinental Telegraph. 

A very interesting rest stop. 

Staying at Fort Bridger, Wyoming, tonight and then head north to Scott’s Bluff in western Nebraska.