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FrankM-RG5

06-22-2013 @ 10:58 PM

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Departed from Eureka at around 8 and I was back to having John Mason in my rear view mirror. We gassed up and were off for Ely Nevada where we would pick up 93 to take us north to Wendover Nevada and the Bonneville Salt Flats. A bit before we got to Ely we encountered a bunch of people standing on the side of the road so we pulled over to see what was going on. They were waiting for a steam engine to come by but had traveled there in "speeders" which a small motorized cars people use to travel the railroads. They need to get permits and what not but it looked like a cool hobby. The steam engine came by and we talked to a few locals about the area. It appears Stephen King wrote his novel Desperation while living in the area.
From there it was off to Ely (pronounced elee) where we visited a museum and got a free highway 50 coffee mug. They had some pretty interesting stuff nd we looked around for a bet before hitting the road. We got a couple of miles out of town and saw a sign, "Next gas stop 124 miles." A few people were not sure if they had enough so we turned around and got gas before proceeding.
We proceeded to Wendover where we had the buffet at the Nugget hotel and casino. From there we rolled ourselves to the Wendover air base military museum. Very interesting place. The pilots who flew the Enola Gay, that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, trained here. They also let us climb the observation tower to get some pictures.
We then caravanned over to the world famous Bonneville Salt Flats for a group photo of the cars. We managed to get everyone lined up for group shot. From there it was off to Salt Lake City. Got Fred a photo op at the gas station and then drove the 114 miles to end our day.
It has been fun traveling with Fred. He has a lot of interesting stories and is not shy about telling them. We may rib each other a bit but I feel lucky that he wanted to take this trip with me.

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Hello? We're out here hanging on every word Frank!

-VT/Jeff

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