A Mix of Old & New
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Day 22: July 10, 2013 A Mix of Old & New |
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The payout for all sevens is a great view through the windshield.
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In Eureka, Nevada, the Keyhole Bar (home of the singing deer) wasn't open
but we did get inside the 1880 opera house. Not all of the back stage graffiti was
painted over during the 1990s renovation.
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Segments of the original Lincoln Highway routing are visible between
Eureka and Austin and the straight-ahead views on US-50 are definitely
scenic. In Austin, I snapped a picture of
Reuel Gridley's store. Then, after lunch at the
International Hotel, I grabbed pictures of a couple of other Austin
establishments.
At the top of one of the rises east of Austin, the Eldertons got cell phone service long enough to receive a message that their house had been broken into last night. They joined the group for lunch then put the Model A on the fast track to California. |
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From Austin, we soon turned on to NV-722. Although I've been through here
twice and should certainly have taken this alignment one of those times, I
didn't so this was my first exposure but it won't be the last. This is a
great road. Salt "lakes", like the one in the first picture, are
great heat sinks and I could actually feel the temperature of the air
increase as we approached. The abandoned Carroll Station is an isolated
and quiet place where drivers can relax while their cars huddle in the
shade.
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From a point very near the top of Carroll Summit, layers of twisting road
can be seen descending the western slope. Eastgate Station lies on the level
just before NV-722 reaches US-50. The first building pictured is a roadhouse
from Lincoln Highway days. The next picture is of the pony express station
and the last is of the stagecoach stop nestled between the other two in both
space and time.
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There's the stump of the old shoe tree then a picture of some of the shoes
in one of the two new shoe trees. Note the burn marks on the trunk. The
shoes in the last picture are the highest pair I could find today.
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Middlegate, where we sated our thirst, is just up the road. The last
picture looks down the original Lincoln Highway which passes nearby.
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Jeff and Demetria pulled into
Sand Mountain while we were there watching motorcycles
and ATVs climb the slopes. Jeff declined to make a run with the Truckster
and Milton's drive toward the mountain was just a tease.
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I stayed at the Overland Hotel on my previous two visits to Fallon,
Nevada. I was in posher digs this time but I stopped by the Overland to
verify that the traveling porcupine and fisherman Billy Foster were still
there. I even got a shot of the illuminated neon sign this time but it was
a bit too early to show up well.
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