Desert day trip Sept 2011

Donna & I did a desert loop from Vegas Thursday morning - weather perfect. We had planned on riding up to the old ghost town of Rhyolite, NV. , but changed our plans when we hit some road construction that was causing a 30 minute delay, so we turned onto Hwy 160 back south to Pahrump.


Here's the route

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North on Hwy 95, nice and cool in the morning hours

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Our first stop was at the little casino at Indian Springs - breakfast, a $5.99 steak and eggs. A very good steak for that price..

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South on Hwy 160

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Coming into Pahrump from the north on Hwy 160

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Let's go this way

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On the way to Death Valley junction, the California state line is out here somewhere

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We stopped in Amargosa, CA.

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The Amargosa Opera house - had to look up "E Clampus Vitus" Kinds neat history of this organization, love the motto...I believe it because it is absurd - [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Clampus_Vitus[/url]

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This opera house is now a hotel, visited with the owner - we will have to come back and spend a night here.

South towards Shoshone on Hwy 127

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We stopped in Shoshone, had a cold drink - it was starting to get a little hot, while we were there and tour bus pulled in, must have been about 30 people got off and bought lottery tickets - glad we already had our drinks, long line to wait in..

Next up, we took the cutoff to Tecopa, CA. They have a few "date" farms, but we didn't stop, then took the road back towards Hwy 160. Not a state highway, but not to bad - a whole lot of nothing to look at



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Back onto Hwy 160 in NV.

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We stopped at the top of the Mountain Springs pass

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A cool looking thunderstorm over Mt. Charleston

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Going down

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Las Vegas off in the distance as we come down the pass on Hwy. 160

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North on the Blue Diamond highway

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Passing Red Rock canyon, almost home

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About 250 miles total, perfect way to spend a day off...next up - our trip to the MOA Getaway in Cedar City next weekend..North on the Blue Diamond highway