Great Basin of Nevada Ride Planning

[Stichill_imp]

For sure, the time to live is in the present! "If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the moment."

The road west of Panamint Springs going towards Lone Pine has some very serious twisties! The Northern Nevada railroad museum is in Ely, West part of town. If you have the dollars and make reservations, you can operate a steam locomotive.

That Panamint Springs road is sensational! I rode it in 2017 when the [url=https://www.f800riders.org/threads/the-cheese-weasels-do-death-valley.285057/post-2460353]Cheese Weasels did Death Valley! The views were breathtaking, as well as the general lack of guardrails and abundant opportunities to plunge into oblivion! I love the Age of Steam, too, so if I find time to get to the Northern Nevada Railroad museum, I will. I saw it in my tourist pack from the Chamber of Commerce and it looks like a great stop.

Man, I wish I were going with you. I believe this was near Fish Lake, Utah.
I had several good trips along much of your route in my 1923 Model T Ford a few years ago when I lived in Las Vegas. It just doesn't get any better. Blasting through Death Valley at 40mph in a 90 year old car and getting buzzed by an F-16. Great memories.

Wow, I love old cars and fighter jets! What a contrast of eras and technologies. I saw a Model T with the hood open and engine running at a car show / swap meet. It looked like it was hardly turning any rpm; you could see the staples on the leather fan belt joint moving.