August 31,
2022 Inching West through the middle of
Nevada
I was
sitting outside with my paternal human and he walked away and left me all by
myself. Sometimes, I am ok with this but
there are canines here! DON’T LEAVE ME! MOMMY LET ME IN!
My morning
walk took me around the town of Baker.
It is a desert town where all the side streets are dirt. On the road going up to Great Basin is an old
rail car that has been converted to a home.
It is on about ½ acre, maybe more as it has a couple of outbuildings. It is for sale at $599k. The rail car is 498 square feet… on a weed patch with a few fruit trees. There are art sculptures around the property
made from scraps of whatever – bottles, bike tires, etc. It is quite creative. But, $599 k?
Are you kidding?
I have to
apologize to the state of Nevada. I have
said some pretty harsh things, like how ugly the terrain is. There is a whole lot of ugly desert terrain
here. That terrain totally pegs the
boor-o-meter. That terrain could be used
as a sleep aid for insomniacs around the world.
However…
there is some terrain that is actually ok, so let’s give credit where credit is
due. There are rolling hills with desert
sage, pinion trees and ponderosa pines that are actually interesting to look
at. Maybe not for so many miles but it
isn’t bad. Occasionally you see cattle
grazing on some green. That is ok… We
saw a huge sand dune that was kind of cool… broke up the Nevada Brown with some
light ecru.
We are
taking hwy. 50 which is known as the loneliest highway in the country. It is a
great alternative to I80. It is actually
fewer miles to Reno and the speed limit is 65-70 except through towns, of which
there are few. And we saw very few cars…
we owned the road and that was really nice.
At one
point, we thought of stopping at the town of Austin. But we blinked and we missed it so we ended
up in Fallon. Inching closer to home…
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