November 15, 2023 Day 39 Ely Nevada to Jackpot Nevada 206 miles
This morning is sunny with a small wind and a little warmer than yesterday. We filled with gas and headed out at our usual 9 am. Not much traffic in downtown Ely. We are getting out of there in time. A big storm is moving in on Friday or Saturday. We learned a tourist train runs out of Ely. Several options are available. Might be fun to do sometime.
The road to Jackpot is a more straight two lane road. The traffic is much more than yesterday. Lots and lots of semis going 65 mph or more. The scenery is much the same. Lots of sage brush. There was some snow on the mountains in the distance. There is a little town of McGill and the town of Wells in between. More side roads headed to lakes and canyons.
The big excitement for the day was the odometer turning over 38,000 miles.
We ate lunch at a Subway in Wells Nevada. We tried one of their new Elite Garlic Chicken and Bacon. We both liked it. Lots of rotisserie chicken.
Lots of deer and/or elk must graze north of Wells because the fences along the road are much taller and there are two wildlife crossing bridges over the road. We didn’t see any wildlife.
We got to the hotel shortly before 3 pm. We were to stay in an Econolodge but the big signs on the building were for West Star. An 8.5×11 black and white piece of paper taped to the door said Econolodge. It must have sold recently. No one was in the lobby. Check in is officially at 3 so we waited and then rang the buzzer. We checked in and took a short nap. No flats or other mechanical issues so it turned out to be a nice easy day, Miracles can happen. This was day 2 without a spare.
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