We had a long drive today. We got up at 530am and started our trek across Nevada an hour later on 50, the loneliest road in America (or hiway, or something). In any case, it really was quite lonely. After about an hour we ran across a town where a Chevron was just about the only thing open (it was around 7am). Luckily they had a mart and we could get some snacks for breakfast. This was also one of the first smalls towns we'd come across that didn't have cell coverage for us.

Another hour or two and we saw a turn off for Petroglyphs recreation area. Down the dirt road we went. It turned out to include a campground, picnic area, and short hike. No fees for anything. We took the short hike (just under a mile) which included a brochure to go along with the walk. The petroglyphs were interesting and different.

Off we went, heading further across Nevada on 50. We finally stopped at Boomtown on 80 just inside the Nevada border for lunch. Some fairly decent Mexican food later, I took over the wheel and we headed for home. Because of the timing, we decided to take 5 South to 205/580. This turned out to be very smooth with no traffic (the other direction had all the traffic). We got home at about 630pm, or 12 hours after we'd left having driven just about 600 miles. That's not a bad average given the hiking stop and the lunch stop.

We figure we can return to the Great Basin for a weekend trip sometime during the summer to actually see that park. After all, it'd only be about 1400 miles on a weekend and we've done 2200. ;)

All told, this trip was about 2500 miles -- and we didn't drive at all on Saturday in Vegas. ;)

Posted by Shane on March 29, 2004 10:19 PM | Permalink