I've been planning to travel route 50 cross country for over 2 years. I live in Delaware on the east coast. It looks like this trip is really going to happen...
Sheila Clendaniel
sheila_clendaniel@...
Dec 11, 2008 3:28 pm
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The budget travellers friend - motelguide.com lists mom and pop motels all over the country. In my experience if you stop at the smaller towns along the route...
There were some lodging listings there. Other places to look are MotelGuide.com and other sites that list "Mom and Pop" motels. Sorry. ... I swear I seen a...
While I don't particularly wish to live in Las Vegas, it is possible to go there without running into the "drunk and disorderly" crowd. There are many nice...
I spent a week in Las Vegas several years ago at one of the upscale casinos on the strip and I like the noise and slots but I must admit after a few days...
Yes, people do live in Vegas for reasons other than gambling. And I don't think the LDS church would have built a temple in Las Vegas if all the people were...
The Indiana Lincoln Highway is drafting a byway application to have the Lincoln Highway across Indiana designated as an official state byway. We hope to file...
janshupert
jshupert-arick@...
Jan 15, 2009 3:15 pm
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Sheila, I have been wondering how your planning is going. My group's coast-to-coast relay type tour will be in June 2010, and of course inexpensive lodging is...
It is more likely that Oregon changed the laws *after* the casino was built. I used to live there; and after Vera Katz and the New York liberal mafia took...
Drink lots and lots of fluids. The problem with dry heat is that people often don't realize they're dehydrated until they're in a world of hurt. A good friend...
Yes, most people who live in Las Vegas do it for reasons other than gambling; it's pretty much always been that way. However, much of the tourist industry...
This summer we will probably drive US 50 as far east as we can before jumping off to visit my husband's family in Michigan. If people would like, I can try and...
We have 36 more days until we begin our trip to California by way of route 50. As I said we have been planning this trip for 2 years so I have read everything...
Charles, I'm sure you are excited as I am about your upcoming trip. Our plans are coming along; we just had both bikes completely services and new tires put...
We had a group pre-ride meeting last week to get everyone's idea on time to leave each morning and any places to see that might be added to the list. We have...
I would like to start my Hwy 50 comments about the route through Nevada then cont east. I uploaded a file called Ely_BakerNv. A little about the towns along 50...
North of 50 about 75 miles from Reno on route 447 ON one day of the year this small town has over 10,000 visitors' Why would some many people go to this desert...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Route50 group. File : /UTAH_HWY50.doc...
Route50@yahoogroups.com
Aug 6, 2009 8:26 pm
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From 4X4's to Fishing along Hwy 50 in Utah. File: Utah_hwy50 Roger...
The Burning Man festival is held near Gerlach. Thousands of techies and art types converge every year. They leave after wreaking havoc on the Black Rock...
Ummm..... the desert is NOT empty, it has an incredible diversity of life forms. At night at our cabin on the sage not far from Wellington, NV, I turn on the...
Well we did it! We traveled by motorcycle from Maryland to California by way of route 50 and back on 66 and 40. I was amazed at the amount of semi-desert and...
... Great trip ! The wind is bad in the desert, one day it will blow Hwy 50 away. Took that same trip back in the 80's. But we were in a car. The wind was so...
Congratulations. I quietly followed your blog so know how great a time you had. An excellent adventure for sure. --Denny ... From: Route50@yahoogroups.com...
I can't seem to find whatever post inspired this thread, but no matter. I agree that no desert is truly empty, even if all you see is cactus or sagebrush it's...
20 years ago my boss talked about his weekend travel on "America's Loneliest Road" (that was the first I ever heard there was a place with such a designation)...
Author Patrick McManus once referred to running out of gas in ways that make it clear it's considered a traditional sport in the Pacific Northwest - it sure...