Blogs from Ely, Nevada, United States, North America - page 2

So we have planned the next and last trip to the BVIs. We leave at the end of June for July 4th week, and we are taking the family this time for their first adventure on Tranquility. This time we are going to make an early morning sail to Anagada and then back to St John in the US Virgin Islands. This will be the last trip here for a while as we intend to sail to Puerto Rico over Christmas. Have read rave reviews about the island of Puerto Rico and looking forward to some spanish culture and practicing our spanish skills again. In the mean time, we are busy reading lots of books about people adventuring around the world by sail. Just finished Blue Horizons : Dispatches from Distant Seas. lots of ideas for ... read more

Le 15 août, Départ le matin de notre camping "fermé", je roule une heure avec la famille qui somnole au lit derrière, ça devient une habitude. Nous roulons toute la journée dans le désert . Alamo, Caliente, Pioche (une ville minière, comme son nom l'indique), Ely. Entre ces quelques villes, rien du tout. Nous faisons le plein de propane pour la première fois, 6 gallons. Sert pour la chaudière à eau chaude et pour le frigidaire quand nous ne roulons pas ni ne sommes raccordés au réseau électrique. Nous passons la frontière Nevada-Utah à Wendover et apparaissent de grandes étendues plates et blanches: des lacs salés sechés. Jusqu'à Salt Lake City, la route est strictement rectiligne pendant 60 miles légérement surelevée avec ces étendues de part et d'autre. Par endroits de l'eau avec des icebergs de ... read more

Wednesday dawned cool in the Rubys. The sun didn’t reach Taylor Canyon campground before morning hands were chilled breaking camp. We rolled out and went just five miles to breakfast in Lamoille, at the bitter End Tavern. Under the menu section for beverages was a section, “Better Beverages.” Bloody Mary? Bloody Christ!! Sent here by Detective Mike, we were soon preparing for the first dirt section of the trip, a county road from Lamoille to Secret Pass Road. It was an 18 mile section of dirt and gravel, in excellent condition. How does one prepare for dirt? The first step is to reduce tire pressure, from around 40 psi to about 20. This provides better traction on loose surfaces. The next step (if your bike is so equipped) is to raise the grip height of your ... read more

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 It froze again overnight and fortunately Richard had disconnected and drained the pressure hose. This is getting to be routine for us, although not a happy one, to be sure. With an eye to our escape to the coast, we planned a long drive today, and the weather and road conditions did not disappoint. It was a beautiful dry sunny blue sky day, just great for traveling and viewing all the wonderful scenery going by. Not a particularly good day for photos, although we did take a few, and one or two ‘traveling down the road’ videos. Nevada Highway 50 has the self-professed reputation of being the ‘loneliest highway in America’. And it lived up to its reputation, although Utah 21 provided stiff competition. We could count on one hand (sometimes one ... read more

You know you are in Nevada when you have to stop at a casino for a coffee!! Today we rode into Nevada after staying the night in Twin Falls, Idaho. The lack of any previous bike trips this summer finally caught up with us yesterday and we ended up going to sleep at an ungodly early hour. We both obviously needed the sleep and feel much better today. The sun finally appeared yesterday afternoon and it heated up quite a bit as we crossed Idaho but it has been mainly cloudy so far on the trip. The trip down through the Great Basin of Eastern Nevada along Route 93 was quite spectacular with high snow-capped mountains on one side for the first part of the trip. Most of the highway is at an elevation of almost ... read more