It's been a very long two days of driving in the car. We left Tuesday morning at 6 a.m. and drove the full 450 miles to make an appointment for 3 p.m. With the help of Hotwire, we got a room for $18 at the Sands Regency Hotel. Casinos are not our thing but the room was nice, clean and had high speed wi-fi. Dinner consisted of a shake, burger and fries at the retro-themed Mel's Diner. It was funny when the waitress brought our food, Denis got this little tiny turkey burger and I got this HUGE beef burger. By the time we finished eating, that bed was calling our name and we slept like babies.
This morning we were on the road again by 6:00 and drove the 450 miles back to Vegas. Thankfully, the roads are excellent and the traffic was light both ways. Driving along at 75-80 mph, Denis saw the police car coming from the opposite direction and slowed down to the speed limit of 70. We were surprised to see the police car do a U-turn, turn on his flashers and pull us over. The officer said Nevada has a compliance law which I think is very generous (when the police drive by a car and that car slows down to the speed limit, the police leave them alone). However, the police officer continued to say Denis slowed down and then sped right back up again. We waiting a very long time while the officer went back to his car to write up the ticket. When he finally returned, he told us that technology is great but we were fortunate because his "technology" for issuing the ticket wasn't working and he voided the ticket for us rather than make us wait any longer. That was very lucky for us but Denis didn't get off the hook that easily because he had to deal with me for the next 300 miles. Why does he feel the need to speed?
We drank too much coffee and ate too much junk food on this trip and I'm looking forward to getting back to our healthy habits.
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| The Original Mel's Diner |
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| My beef burger |
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| Denis' turkey burger |
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| The view from Walker Lake |
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| Went through several mining towns |
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| Town of Goldfield |
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| I was so excited to spot these feral burros - seven of them |
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| Most homes and businesses were in ruins - but not this one |
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Many homes looked like this
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ReplyDeleteThat sure was a heck of a trip, at least you got to Mel's Diner and no speeding ticket. The hamburger looked pretty tasty thou.
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