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Offline Happy Pappy

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mapping it to SW
« on: June 28, 2018, 02:28:51 PM »
Hey All,
This will be our first time, we are leaving from So.Cal's High desert, (Basically El Mirage). Is there a more direct route from here to there other than going through Vegas and across? I really want to make this a one day trip, I don't have an enclosed trailer for the car therefore I don't think I'd get much sleep and the Super 8 in the middle of nowhere.
Were taking both trucks, one for the car and one for the toy hauler... That the car don't fit in :x
Thanks,
Chris
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Offline Elmo Rodge

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Re: mapping it to SW
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2018, 02:42:32 PM »
I always went Bishop, Tonopah, Ely.....  :cheers:
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Re: mapping it to SW
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2018, 02:46:17 PM »
Drive Straight through?
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Re: mapping it to SW
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2018, 02:58:15 PM »
I 15 thru Vegas, US 93 to State 318 to US 6 into Ely back on the 93 to Wendover, is the route with the least mountain passes. If you stay on the 93 into Ely you get to climb some really steep grades.
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Re: mapping it to SW
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2018, 03:04:05 PM »
Drive Straight through?

Yup. Plan for a 12 hour run. I live in Santa Clarita and have made the run in my '63 Ranchero 3 times. Stop and rest, garb some gasoline and keep rolling. I've never made the trip up through Bishop. What route do you take to get to Ely after you leave Las Vegas? Do you stay on the 93 or go up the 318? Going up the 318 is quite a bit shorter in my experience.
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Re: mapping it to SW
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2018, 05:14:58 PM »
I've made it from San Bernardino to Wendover in 11 hours towing.  It can be done. 

But why not make a great trip of it?  Go north thru Vegas to the 93 north. Take the scenic route on 93 towards Ely.  Stop at the Cathedral Gorge and take a look.  Go thru Caliente and see what it's all about.  Take the Pioche town cut-off up thru town and waste a couple miles seeing the old silver-mining town, but stop in the old hotel in town and have a beer.  See the old tram to the valley's smelter.  Keep on going and stay at the Hotel Nevada in downtown Ely {the tallest building in Nevada (1926)} for about $50.  Get a great, thrifty meal at Rocks Bar & Grill about 2 blocks east.  Leave your race car and trailer on the street or at the hotel.  They have an all-night security guard.  I've done it with our race car or a hot rod for over 30 years and never had a problem.  Get up fresh the next morning for a two-hour drive to Wendover.  Get a little teary-eyed coming over the first hill when you see the salt.

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Re: mapping it to SW
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2018, 05:26:06 PM »
Stan said:  "...Get a little teary-eyed coming over the first hill when you see the salt."

You too, hey Stan? :-D
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Re: mapping it to SW
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2018, 12:10:35 PM »
Stan said:  "...Get a little teary-eyed coming over the first hill when you see the salt."

You too, hey Stan? :-D
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Re: mapping it to SW
« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2018, 03:17:23 PM »
Young whippersnappers can still do that, hunh?
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Re: mapping it to SW
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2018, 05:38:15 PM »
Well.......I will be 58 in a few weeks. I'm pretty safe when the wind blows
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Re: mapping it to SW
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2018, 06:30:47 PM »
Well.......I will be 58 in a few weeks. I'm pretty safe when the wind blows


Oh shoot! For a second there, I thought you were going to say "until the wind blows".

John