Ely to Alamo would be a short day on the road and so another late start. Had a nice chat with some Nevada people, Jim and Linda who live between Carson City and Reno. Jim spied Eric’s satellite mount on the 5th wheel hitch and came over to chat about it. Eric designed and built it himself which is why Jim had never seen one! It works great. Nice chat with nice people. They are not winter travellers but RV whenever the mood strikes them.
Heading out of town and this is what is left of the Prospector Hotel/Casino RV park. It is gone and not to be rebuilt as something else is going in on the spot.
Heading out of town.
Heading down from Ely before we head up to the pass.
This is a high one.
And….down we go. It is a beautiful, warm day and one of the prettiest times we’ve ever come through the area.
We’re down and heading left towards Lund, Hiko, Ash Springs and Alamo.
It’s green in Lund and they are making lots of hay for the winter.
Mowed, raked and ready to bale.
Lund and the trees start to appear. Real deciduous trees!
We just love this drive and today it’s pretty.
So many interesting stark mountains.
Hey….remember those Idaho onions….well here they are on a truck heading south.
Hard to see but all those little white spots have a fresh dug mound on top of them. I’ve never seen a critter but maybe someone has an idea. Ground squirrels, burrowing owls….who knows.
White River narrows…one of my favorite places.
I know I take the same pictures every year but…. I just can’t help myself.
Looks like it’s been extruded from a pasta machine.
Now like it’s been sliced with a cleaver.
Now like the inside of of a chocolate bar.
Out and heading south and the oversized load and big trucks that were behind us have blown by. We travel at 60mph…not 70.
More interesting hills that would make a stunning painting.
Coming into Hiko where it is green and lovely in sharp contrast to the grey, treeless hills.
Lots of ranching here as well.
Just before the right turn to Alamo we stop for lunch under the big ash trees.
There must be water under these plants because they are very green.
Amazing shade from these huge trees. They remind me of the monstrous Cottonwood trees at home. We had one fallen that was a hundred and thrity feet tall and when it went down it shook the earth and created a huge wind. Sad, but it was too close to our barns and in a big wind…which we frequently get, it would have caused huge damage.
I just love the bark.
There we are.
Is that interesting or what.
Up close…not so big but….
….far away it’s huge.
Turn right for Alamo. To the left you can climb up to Ely as well but it’s a more difficult route that we’ve never taken.
Pretty and green.
Here we are parked at Pickett’s RV park that is now not owned by…Pickett’s. The new owners are very nice and decided to leave the name as is. This picture was taken this morning and we are the only ones left. We’ll head out to Quartzite tomorrow where we’ll park at Quail Run and I can do some laundry before heading to Phoenix on Monday. We are having some leaking coolant issues and the truck will need to go to a dealer in Phoenix to see what’s going on. Eric thinks it might be the water pump but it needs to be up on a hoist to tell. Never a dull moment!
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