Left Alturas at about 9am to truck on down 395. After an hour or so we passed the rest area where we had our "adventure" last year. It is still barricaded with concrete barriers and closed signs all over. It was creepy driving passed it anyway. We continued on to Reno, then Fallon for fuel and then south on 95 to Hawthorne where we spent the night at Whiskey Flats RV park.
Hawthorne to Cal Nev Ari:
Got on the road at 8ish to lots of sunshine. This section of the route has quite a bit of elevation gain and loss. Hawthorne's elevation is 4331ft. 100 miles down the road is Tonopah at 6000ft. It is a mining town set in the mountains of Nevada that contain many mines. The chief employment opportunities in Tonopah are in the mining industry. I asked a clerk in town what people do for work in Tonopah. She pointed in three directions and said "There's a mine an hour that way, a mine an hour that way, and a mine an hour that way. The high school teams are called the "Muckers".We passed through Tonopah and stopped 100 miles south in Beatty where fuel was 50 cents per gallon less. Gas Guru is a wonderful app. Another 100 miles and we were just north of Vegas. It's more than 45 miles through town, nerve-racking even on Saturday afternoon. Another 30 miles to Searchlight, fuel, and then 20 to Cal Nev Ari where our RV spot is for tonight. Because of the pointed end of Nevada, this spot is sorta in three states at the same time. Hence, the name.
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