The sequel - November 1 Ghost town then home

 

Friday November 1  Heading home     

I got to go outside again, and then some stupid dog started looking at me.  I stared him down…

Once again, it was MY morning walk.  I get to enjoy the views while listening to my true crime podcast, oblivious to the rest of the world.

Will we be able to hook up?  Spouse works his magic.  Yes, we can hook up.  But when we get home, we will have to get this fixed proper.  Considering that we almost came home right away, we ended up having a decent trip!

We headed south on Hwy 95, then turned left through the desert to the town of Nelson.  About a mile or two past the tiny speck of a town is the old mining town.  It has a defunct gold mine and a few buildings like most ghost towns.  A couple of people do live there now maintaining the history.  For $1, you can walk around and look at the… stuff.  This is an incredible eclectic collection of… stuff.  Old RVs, a crashed airplane (I didn’t look inside!), old metal works, bottles, a phone booth and all sorts of … stuff.  It is definitely worth the visit as it is just so odd.

We met a couple that do pet sitting as a hobby.  The deal is, they do it for free, but they live in your house while you are gone.  They will use your car.  They travel all over the world doing this.  They pay their own way.  The sweet thing for them is they have a home and a car so they can explore whatever area they are in.  They showed us pictures of the home in Las Vegas…  Nice.  They are from Quebec and are obviously good with animals – cats, dogs, horses, chickens and whatever else fits the bill!

The road here goes all the way to Lake Mohave.  If we weren’t towing, I would definitely check that out.  When we use to camp at the lake, we always wondered how an occasional car we would see got to where they were.  Now we know!  Next time…

For now, home is next.