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| This lunch stop might beat cup racing near Cheyenne... |
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| I guess we got to see more sand dunes after all... |
Well, today was mainly a driving day, albeit a learning experience. We had stopped in an old mining town, Colfax, and I did a little shakeout around town. It's definitely seen better times, but they have a cool little historic downtown and an Amtrak station. That's more than a lot of towns can say. Colfax to Great Basin is a lot of the same scenery, but definitely a learning experience. Within a couple hours, we were on the "loneliest highway" (US 50) and rightfully named. There was a town every 80 miles or so and I'd be shocked if half of them had over 1,000 people. The basin and range was cool to experience. A massive desert stretched out before you, followed by 20 miles winding through mountains with scraggly trees, then back into a dessert, the only thing on the horizon being the next mountains off in the distance.
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| Trees?!? What is this?? |
We got to Great Basin by 7 or so and had no problem getting a site- right on a creek! Running didn't seem like a good idea though, we were in the middle of a hill either direction.
Vitals:
Miles: 470
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