Lonely Road In 1986, Life Magazine gave US 50 in Nevada the name, “The Loneliest Road in America”.  A Triple-A article notes, “There are no points of interest.  We don’t recommend it. The 287-mile stretch  of US 50 running from Ely to Fernley, Nevada, passes nine towns, two abandoned mining camps, a few gas pumps […]

Another 293 miles and we end up in Ely, Nevada at the historic Hotel Nevada & Gambling Hall, for a time the tallest building in the state and the first “fireproof” building.  The hotel is so old and the rooms are so small that some people opted to leave their luggage on the luggage truck; […]

Today’s 254-mile drive took us from Jackson south to Park City Utah. The drive took us more or less along the Wyoming state line, taking us in and out of IDAHO for a short time, and then in and out of Wyoming and Utah. My driving buddy and I counted 11 states so far, plus an […]

Today’s 232-mile drive took us from Cody to Jackson, Wyoming through Yellowstone Park. Interestingly, we didn’t see any bears in the park, not even Yogi or Boo-Boo!  Just a chipmunk! Old Faithful Old Faithful is a cone geyser known as the most predictable geographical feature on earth, erupting every 91 minutes, more or less! Of […]