From Lovelock the next morning we continued eastward. There was a lot of road work in Winnemucca so we did not stop. Had wanted to explore the Basque connection there. We walked around a little in Elko to stretch our legs and saw the big court house. They seem to be quite big for the size of the towns but maybe they cover the whole county. Near Elko we could see the high Ruby mountains along the highway. Would like to explore that area sometime.
The next town was Wells - named after some springs in the old days when water was specially appreciated. Jalil and I both needed coffee for our late PM energy slump so we went to Wells 4Way Cafe and Casino. The special for Thursday was potato soup with the salad bar. Jalil was so excited that he wanted to return on a Thursday for more soup.
We noted that these old towns look pretty worn. There are hardly any customers anywhere. The casinos are almost empty, dark and more or less smokey, and noisy but have clean bathrooms.
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Last year, on our way to Glacier National Park, Dale and I ran out of gas 20 miles outside of Battle Mountain on our way to Elko. It happened on that straight, hot and practically empty road through the desert, and we were lucky to have cell phone coverage. AAA came within an hour and gave us 5 gallons of gas so we could go on to the next little town to buy more. Adventure is fun, especially when it turns out well in the end! By the way, a long time ago, Dale got married to Marie in Elko, perhaps in that very court house you visited today! / Ulla
ReplyDeleteYes, that was a long, long, dry drive! You were lucky to have AAA.
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