Extraterrestrial Highway - Area 51 Planning
For part of our shake down cruise in Lil' Queeny, a resto-mod 1968 Travel Queen truck camper blogged about in multi-part for multi-years over in Truck Campers, we're planning a late winter/early sprin...
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Between Vegas and Ely, there is nothing. Between Tonopah and Ely, there is nothing. Between Reno and Ely, there is almost nothing. Between Delta, Utah and Ely, there is absolutely nothing. And yes, I'm including the "town" of Rachel, which is a lunch counter and a cheesy "alien"-themed souvenir store.
There is a reason why the government chose eastern Nevada for its nuclear test sites and was going to put the MX missiles there. It's just about the only place in the US that doesn't look any different after several nuclear blasts.
And when I say nothing, I mean parched, treeless piles of dirt that go on for hundreds of miles, with some snowcapped mountains in the distance that you can't get to. Facilities are hundreds of miles apart. And God help you if you break down out there--if you can get a cell signal and summon a tow truck from Little Skeleton Flats 125 miles away, you'll be stuck in a four-room hotel for a week while Clem the Mechanic gets the parts you need from Las Vegas or Reno.
IMHO, visiting this Godforsaken part of the country is a horrible waste of time, so little of which is allotted to us on this mortal orb.
There is a reason why the government chose eastern Nevada for its nuclear test sites and was going to put the MX missiles there. It's just about the only place in the US that doesn't look any different after several nuclear blasts.
And when I say nothing, I mean parched, treeless piles of dirt that go on for hundreds of miles, with some snowcapped mountains in the distance that you can't get to. Facilities are hundreds of miles apart. And God help you if you break down out there--if you can get a cell signal and summon a tow truck from Little Skeleton Flats 125 miles away, you'll be stuck in a four-room hotel for a week while Clem the Mechanic gets the parts you need from Las Vegas or Reno.
IMHO, visiting this Godforsaken part of the country is a horrible waste of time, so little of which is allotted to us on this mortal orb.
