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    Re: Great Basin

    Thanks everyone for the input

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    Re: Great Basin

    Quote Originally Posted by Drew Wiley View Post
    Hwy 50 is a lot of fun if you're not in a hurry and there's weather...
    A couple Aprils ago it took me 3 days to cross Nevada on Hwy50 -- camped on a couple of the passes. There is usually dirt roads leaving off of them to camp on. Great road for slow travelers!

    Have a great trip, Dave!
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    Re: Great Basin

    Take a spare tire.
    Heck, take two spare tires.
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    Quote Originally Posted by John Kasaian View Post
    Take a spare tire.
    Heck, take two spare tires.
    Unless Dave plans on detouring to the White Mountains, the roads are all paved.

    My boys and I drove 2500 miles earlier in the year in southern Chile, a far majority of that on 'interesting' gravel/dirt roads. We got a flat on our first day on gravel roads, only to find the rental (small van -- a Chevy Spin) had one of those small emergency tires as a spare. Fortunately we were close to Torres del Paine National Park headquarters and the maintenance fellow there fixed the flat for us. Hard to believe we had no other flats.

    So one spare is all that is needed -- but make sure it is a real tire and wheel!
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    Re: Great Basin

    I'll be coming up 93 from Vegas so def need to stop at cathedral gorge anyone else have spots on the 93 they like?

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    Re: Great Basin

    Rainbow Canyon south of Caliente NV is worth exploring. Pioche has some interesting architecture including the 'million dollar courthouse'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dave4242 View Post
    I'll be coming up 93 from Vegas so def need to stop at cathedral gorge anyone else have spots on the 93 they like?
    Nice campground there too -- showers!

    If you have a rough-road vehicle, Road 317 through Elgin looks very interesting.
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    Re: Great Basin

    cool thanks!

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    Different subject matter, but there's a railroad museum at Ely, NV.
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    Re: Great Basin

    Warning, I have not been on Road 317 -- so get more info on it if you think you'd head that way.
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