Bishop to Vegas, Through Fire and Ice
Ok so the fire was the day before, but it seemed fitting. From Bishop we took Route 6, whose views are amazing
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See, amazing. I don’t lie
As we climbed in elevation we came across some snow, which slowly got worse as we passed over Montgomery Pass where we learned that although you may think it is spring, Mother Nature will hang on to winter as long as she can.
This is the same pass my mom almost got stuck on when she was in labor with me, so I guess I don’t have a wonderful history on this stretch of road. However, although it was cold (the jeep driver behind us let us know he was reading 28 degrees without the wind chill) the views were absolutely spectacular.
After our slow decent from the pass we decided against checking out Mina, the town where my parents used to live and owned a bar at one point. It was off to Tonopah on I-95 , which is boring and should be avoided at all costs. Tonopah is not bad, just the road is absolutely miserable.
After spending an hour at the Burger King trying to warm up we headed down the road, and turned on Route 267 to visit Scotty’s Castle in Death Valley. We did not go on the tour, because of time constraints, but it looked really interesting. Heading down on 190 we retraced some of our steps from the day before, but exited at Beatty on route 374 where we were able to stop in at Rhoylite.
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This is a ghost town that used to have a bank, store, school, and casino. It also had a house made of bottles and some very interesting art work. It was definitely worth the mile off the highway it took to get there. From there we headed straight to Vegas on to our hotel. Because of the lack of sleep and treacherous route we took over the pass we were tired and cold, but Carluccios Italian Gardens Restaurant http://carlucciosvegas.com/ was calling. Housed in the Liberace Plaza, right next to the soon to be closed museum, the restaurant is kind of campy and a great value. The portions are huge (Bryan and I will definitely split a plate next time) and delicious! The bar looked like fun too, although since we were on the bike we didn’t partake. There is always a next time right? Right!
Our Vegas extravaganza was pretty boring and we ended up falling asleep as soon as we got back to the hotel, but all and all this was a fantastic 3rd day of riding and the whole trip was a fantastic time with some very diverse climates! Each day could have been its own trip and whether you want to do this excursion one trip at a time or all at once you should do it! Get on that bike and ride!!!!
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