Sorry I didn't post yesterday - no internet access. In fact, barely cell reception to call home! Peeled out bright and early from Susanville, dashed thru Reno and met up with a buddy in Fernley for breakfast.
At Fernley, you have a choice for SB traffic. 95 or ALT 95 (for alternative 95). This is a road trip, an adventure - so obviously ALT 95 is the one for me! It later joins 95 so you get to the same place.
The smoke in many areas of Nevada is positively awful. The road was fabulous, but the smoke started to irritate my eyes terribly, especially my left eye which teared dramatically. Originally I planned to stop in Tonopah, but the smoke was actually most dense there so onto Beatty. By the time I left Tonopah, I actually had to drive with my left eye covered by my hand. Wish I'd had an eye-patch after all yesterday was "talk like a pirate day"... The good news is that the smoke did begin to clear. By the time I got to Beatty, the air was clear and gorgeous. My eye was also swollen completely shut...
Setup the tent and hit the bed early - 400 plus miles in the smoke in the spyder is actually a long day. Tomorrow, I'm going to detour over to Rhyolite, a little ghost town just a few miles out of the way. Saw some interesting things along the way - prostitution is LEGAL in Nevada!!!!
