Nevada
Drove through Nevada..
After spending half a week in Utah I had only
three days to reach Milpitas, CA, so I did not plan much activities for Nevada
or California. On Friday, I drove through some *very* quiet roads (I think I
drove Utah route 21 for about 60 miles without seeing any other car) to town of
Baker and Great Basin National Park. The park itself was pretty much closed for
winter but they have interesting caves - Lehman caves, which made nice stop to
the boring driving.
After cave visit I drove down to the town of Baker (population: ~100) and found one place which was open for lunch. Their food menu was not large but included a very good stew. The drink menu was then a surprise: about 20 different microbrews and small but well thought selection of single malts and cognacs. I had also the best coffee for many many years! The interior was home like and a silly mixture of different styles with bright colors - but it worked and brought a smile to my face. Only in America..
Silver Jack cafe in Baker
The next town was Ely where I stopped for refuel and visited a local railway museum. That was very interesting visit. An old railway station and the surrounding are was turned into a museum and an old employee gave me a 2-hour tour through the area and explained the history and current activities. Everything is based on volunteer work and they were restoring locomotives and cars and arrange tours now and then.
Ely station and museum
The tour included a visit to their workshop, which must be every boy's dream - imagine having a real steam locomotive to play with instead of a toy one..
#93 getting some maintenance
Not a bad day, at all.
If I thought that Utah is empty place then Nevada must be from a different planet. Kilometer and kilometers empty roads and a small town every 100Km. The US-50 road first climbed over some hills, then there was 30Km straight road and another hill and another straight..
US-50 somewhere in Nevada
At least the road was quick to drive and I reached Carson City pretty quickly on saturday - Carson City was the first real town I visited since El Pueblo about week earlier.. It also ended my burger/sandwhich diet I had to suffer in the smaller towns. As it was only early afternoon I left Carson City and passed over Sierra mountains to California. US-50 is the road to Lake Tahoe - a popular weekend escape for californians. The South Lake Tahoe down is interesting as the California/Nevada state line goes through the town. The California side is like any well developed town for winter sports - small hotels, shops etc in wooden buildings. Right on the Nevada side of the state line are several 20 stories high Casinos - The town changes completely when you walk over the state line street!
There had been snowfall some time earlier in Lake Tahoe area but now the roads were dry and I cruised over Sierra mountains smoothly so I did not had to test how well the Mustang would go in snow conditions.
After cave visit I drove down to the town of Baker (population: ~100) and found one place which was open for lunch. Their food menu was not large but included a very good stew. The drink menu was then a surprise: about 20 different microbrews and small but well thought selection of single malts and cognacs. I had also the best coffee for many many years! The interior was home like and a silly mixture of different styles with bright colors - but it worked and brought a smile to my face. Only in America..
Silver Jack cafe in Baker
The next town was Ely where I stopped for refuel and visited a local railway museum. That was very interesting visit. An old railway station and the surrounding are was turned into a museum and an old employee gave me a 2-hour tour through the area and explained the history and current activities. Everything is based on volunteer work and they were restoring locomotives and cars and arrange tours now and then.
Ely station and museum
The tour included a visit to their workshop, which must be every boy's dream - imagine having a real steam locomotive to play with instead of a toy one..
#93 getting some maintenance
Not a bad day, at all.
If I thought that Utah is empty place then Nevada must be from a different planet. Kilometer and kilometers empty roads and a small town every 100Km. The US-50 road first climbed over some hills, then there was 30Km straight road and another hill and another straight..
US-50 somewhere in Nevada
At least the road was quick to drive and I reached Carson City pretty quickly on saturday - Carson City was the first real town I visited since El Pueblo about week earlier.. It also ended my burger/sandwhich diet I had to suffer in the smaller towns. As it was only early afternoon I left Carson City and passed over Sierra mountains to California. US-50 is the road to Lake Tahoe - a popular weekend escape for californians. The South Lake Tahoe down is interesting as the California/Nevada state line goes through the town. The California side is like any well developed town for winter sports - small hotels, shops etc in wooden buildings. Right on the Nevada side of the state line are several 20 stories high Casinos - The town changes completely when you walk over the state line street!
There had been snowfall some time earlier in Lake Tahoe area but now the roads were dry and I cruised over Sierra mountains smoothly so I did not had to test how well the Mustang would go in snow conditions.
Posted: Su - Marraskuu 13, 2005 at 06:03 ap.
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