Great Basin of Nevada Ride Planning

[SportsterDoc]

I miss upper Las Vegas valley restaurants, such as Market Grill (Greek & Italian) and good Chinese.

I miss only a 22 mile ride to Corn Creek Springs and being at 8,500 elevation on Mt Charleston only ~30 miles from home.

Other than an 18 YO grand daughter, who is in college to be a vet tech, my son's family moved to New Mexico 3 months ahead of us. So we have 7 family members 30 miles south, a daughter and granddaughter in Colorado, who are here this week; grandson at USAF academy in Colorado; Grandson (army major), his wife and 3 great-grandkids in Texas; Daughter, her husband and 3 grandkids in Arizona; daughter, her husband and a grandkid (army lieutenant) in Georgia...so we are now somewhat centrally located.

Food selection is mainly tacos and hamburgers, so we eat at home more!

But we very much like the small town atmosphere (pop 7K): The people are very friendly and polite.

Home Depot, Lowes, Harbor Freight are only 12 miles up Interstate 25.
Death Valley suggested alternate route:
South from Furnace Creek, take Badwater Road from highway 127.
Badwater is lowest point in US.
Only time my CB1100 would ping.

The road turns west onto highway 178, which is Jubilee Pass Road to just north of Shoshone.

Crowbar Cafe is decent food. Fuel across the street is VERY expensive.

BTW, last I was there, Stove Pipe Wells only had regular fuel, no premium.

Below photos of Badwater and looking down on Badwater Basin (-282 elevation) from Dante's View (5,479 elevation) 5,761 feet below
Artists Loop is a one-way road, paralleling Badwater Road, traveling northbound for 9 miles.
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