69 miles in 5 hours – Max Speed 44mph
I got out of the Motel at around 9:30 and rode east out of Carson City after getting breakfast. I went on some back roads, then got on route 50, which would be my home for many days to come.
The Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental paved road.
Bye bye Carson City. Bye bye civilization.
Not only does the 50 follow the Lincoln Highway, but it also follows the famous Pony Express.
It may be wussy, but this is infact the first of many, many passes.
And this is the first of many many shots like this one.
I stopped in the town of Dayton an hour later at Starbucks and then Taco Bell. I moved on at around 1pm upon hearing from Francis and Brian that they got a hotel room in Fallon and said they were willing to let me stay there also.
And we have a new contestant in the lamest business name/slogan contest.
Being gored to death by a bull on the road would be a sad way to go.
I went through the town of Silver Springs and then got to Fallon pretty early, probably at around 5. I called and texted Francis, but he didn’t answer. So I went back out, stopped at the bank, and stopped at the last Starbucks that there was until Colorado.
Fallon has a huge Air Force Base in it. Everything in town was called Top Gun this and Top Gun that.
I sat there for a few hours until I got a call from Francis that they arrived. I went over, and took a shower while they went and got dinner. Embarrassingly, the hot water faucet in the shower broke when I was taking a shower, and it was unrepairable. I went to the front desk and told them so they would fix it, but it was only a little kid there (maybe 14) and he said his parents were out of town, so it wouldn’t get fixed until the morning. Dammit. The shower was operated with pliers for the rest of the night. Sorry again guys.
Anyway, I got some supplies at a CVS nearby and then had an easy night watching TV. Thanks guys for letting me crash in your room!
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