Day 581

Ely, NV to Jackpot, NV We had a pretty good week in Ely. We didn’t have the best of weather, lots of wind, but one day was nice enough that we actually got to play tourist. We visited the Ward Charcoal Oven State Park and the Cave Lake State Park. We got 2 more passport stamps, which brings us up to close to 10. Only 5 more and we will get a free annual Nevada State Parks pass.
We’ve been in Ely several times and I just discovered the Ace hardware store the day before we left. I was wondering where everyone shopped for necessities. 2 Family Dollar stores, a thrift store and a Ridley’s grocery store were the only places that we were aware of.
As mentioned before, we try to travel on Tuesday’s. Normally this is a good day. Not a lot of traffic so we don’t have as much stress. But today was different. We had a semi pass us on a two lane highway. Wasn’t in much of a hurry, just kind of moseying along. I pointed out to Lee that there was a car coming towards us, so he had to almost come to a stop to let the semi get in front of us. Seriously! Your job is to get back in your own lane as quick as possible, not scare the crap out of the guy you are passing.
Had some rain and lightning just before we got to Jackpot. Glad that it passed over us before we got parked. Didn’t need any more adventures in Jackpot. Having a blowout a year ago and sinking to the tops of our trailer tires in a sink hole in September was enough adventures to last a lifetime. We were beginning to think that we should just bypass Jackpot all together.