"Rock Star" road tripper checking in! Self-proclaimed anyway! Road trips and visits to all 50 states are my game. Find your next road trip destinations here. Fill your bucket list with fantastic US journeys. I love road trips and spare no effort in making my travels and experiences inviting for members of the road-tripping family! Pick a trip you want to take, or get inspired to plan your own. - - The Driveby Tourist (or call me Stan!)
Have you driven a highway lonelier than this one?
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Although US Highway 50 runs from Ocean City, MD, to Sacramento, CA, it’s officially known as the “Loneliest Road in America” in Nevada. If you continue east into Utah, it’s much the same as the Nevada section. I recently drove 30 miles of the road in eastern Nevada and then drove much of the road in Utah. I picked up the road where US 93 meets US 50 in Nevada and followed it to the Border Inn Casino and Motel in Baker, NV. After leaving Las Vegas, I made a stop at Great Basin National Park. Those miles had no services until I reached the Border Inn. And I spent the night in that motel. At least it was quiet! The following day, I drove from there to Arches National Park in Utah. Initially, US 50 in Utah had no services for the first 88 miles. During the first 80 miles, I met 22 vehicles and neither passed nor was passed by any cars or trucks! My GPS took me away from US 50 for about 30 miles until I rejoined it at the point where the highway meets and runs concurrently with I-70. On that stretch, there are 110 miles of no services from Salina, UT, to Green River, UT. That might be the loneliest stretch of the US Interstate system! All the areas I drove through had incredible scenery! You must understand that this is the Great Basin Desert, so the vegetation is typical of deserts. There are also sections with very little vegetation. However, I found myself wanting to stop regularly to take pictures of the rock formations and the mountains! I did include a few pictures here with my description of my drive. "Sometimes the road less traveled, is less traveled for a reason!” Classic Rock song: "That Lonesome Road” by James Taylor Please email me with questions! Miles Traveled: about 180 miles! States visited on the trip to date: Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. Stan Featured Post: Here’s a post about another highway that has lonesome stretches. It’s Route 66 from Kingman, AZ, into California. |
Stan Wiebe
"Rock Star" road tripper checking in! Self-proclaimed anyway! Road trips and visits to all 50 states are my game. Find your next road trip destinations here. Fill your bucket list with fantastic US journeys. I love road trips and spare no effort in making my travels and experiences inviting for members of the road-tripping family! Pick a trip you want to take, or get inspired to plan your own. - - The Driveby Tourist (or call me Stan!)
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