Our preferred way of travel is "blue" roads, no freeways.
Roads we've never been on.
And 50 miles a day.
And 50 miles a day.
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| MT. HOOD |
We met the criteria of the first two but traveled almost 150 miles a day.
Blue roads are lesser traveled.
But as we found out in Eastern Oregon some of these "blue" roads were not paved.
Forget that!
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We wondered why our motorhome was so buggy.
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| Buggity Buggity Bug |
We've never traveled to Arizona without being rained on.
Many times we don't even make it to the first light from home,
but then the rain always washes off the bugs.
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| TIPPING MOUNTAIN |
We knew we would be in the dryer plains area but hadn't realized that we were going to be traveling through deserts: THE Oregon High Desert and the Great Basin Desert in Nevada. WE Did learn that Nevada is the driest state in the union. Weather wasn't bad. No rain as I said before. In Oregon's High Desert overnight temps were BELOW freezing.
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| PLAID MOUNTAIN |
Daytime travel was monotonous - no towns - no nothing.
Roads OK except for steering on a couple windy days.
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| CAR MAN AT THE RV PARK IN GOLDFIELD |
Wildlife was pretty much non-existant.
In Oregon we saw herds of antelope, in Nevada
I saw some white rocks that I thought were antelope butts.
Dean saw 3 live snakes in the center of the road
(at least they were alive as we passed).
We were so desperate we even counted crows.
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| WE LEFT THE M-80 THERE |
Many of the towns we traveled through were successful with gold and silver mines in the past but are mostly ghost towns now.
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We did see some towns where mining was still being done. We found an RV campground in Nevada which also included a complex of single wide "park" model trailers fully furnished (maximum 30' long) along with mini apartments – 3 to a trailer similar to a contractor's trailer at a building site (expect they are a bed, TV, and bath). These facilities were for contract miners that move locations from mine to mine as needed. There was a restaurant close by and mine bus would pick the miners up for work.
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We did see some towns where mining was still being done. We found an RV campground in Nevada which also included a complex of single wide "park" model trailers fully furnished (maximum 30' long) along with mini apartments – 3 to a trailer similar to a contractor's trailer at a building site (expect they are a bed, TV, and bath). These facilities were for contract miners that move locations from mine to mine as needed. There was a restaurant close by and mine bus would pick the miners up for work.
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| WHAT IS THIS CONTRAPTION AHEAD? |
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| AS WE PASSED WE STILL WONDERED - MOUNTIE ON THE BACK - MOOSE HEAD ON THE FRONT |
As we crossed the Loneliest Highway (Highway 50 in Nevada) IN the town of Austin we stayed at a no nonsense RV park that tickled us. Full 50 Amp hookups, no caretaker on duty, lights and "picnic tables" at every site, and an Honest John box to pay.
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| FULL SERVICE CAMPGROUND - FULL HOOKUPS, PICNIC TABLE, AND LIGHT WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK |
Still plugging our way south,
We took a couple days to visit our favorite Lakeside RV park in Pahrump.
These were to be rest days but....
We took a couple days to visit our favorite Lakeside RV park in Pahrump.
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| LAKESIDE RV PARK, PAHRUMP |
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| TOILET BROKE |
Thank goodness this happened in a town with an RV supply store.
We bought their last repair kit. .... So guess what Dean got to do?
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We bought their last repair kit. .... So guess what Dean got to do?
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From Pahrump, each stop let us visit with friends in Kingman, Prescott, and Scottsdale. Finally arriving at our favorite spot at Usery.
Love this park - found out coming to the Phoenix area in October is too soon. Temps have been close to 100 degrees daily. Too hot for us!
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| USERY SUNSET |
