RE: [ihc] Mildew, moss, and buckaroos.

[bearbvd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Hermann)]

At 8:45 AM 10/16/04, hofs wrote:
>> For your next tricks, you need to drive from Bishop, CA, to Delta, UT, via
>> Tonopah and Ely--the Railroad Valley and Black Rock Summit are pretty
>> astounding. And from Winnemucca to Susanville, CA, via Jungo Siding,
>> Gerlach,  the Smoke Creek Desert, and Robbers' Roost. Then from Cedar City,
>> UT to Pioche and Caliente and thence, via Rachel, to Tonopah.
>
>Been on all those routes, most of them many times. We've been across
>Highway 50, America's Loneliest Highway, so many
>times we can't count them, but we've never been under the guiding wing of
>an "Old Buckaroo".
>
>When he talks about "Scratchum Miller" and "Stutters Frank the Bible
>Salesman" it's kind of like getting a chance to go back to
>the Elko of 50 years ago.
>
>And then too, some of the good things from the past in Elko such as the
>friendly folks didn't change that much from the past.
>>
>> Then you will have seen the REAL Nevada, like Elko almost used to be
>> 35--40 years ago, before it exploded !
>>
>> Greg (y'all better have a BIG fuel tank--)
>
>With the price of diesel right now, a BIG pocketbook is even more
>important than the big tank.
>
>John

So you've done the Jungo Siding--Robbers' Roost road, eh ?? :-)

Another favorite i missed mentioning is the route north from Winnemucca and
then west to Lakeview (??) and Alturas.

Greg