Friday June 24
A little ways north of Lee Vining is a turnoff that goes to the ghost town of Bodie. Bodie is an old gold mining town and many of the buildings are still standing. Many of then still have furniture inside which you can view through the windows. It is a state park. The road there is not very good and to make it worse they are doing construction on it and it is one lane in a couple of places. In those spots you must wait for a pilot car to escort you. Then the last 3 miles is a very rough, washboard dirt road. But we finally get there after a tooth and bone shaking ride.
Bodie was considered one of the most lawless towns in the west. But as rough as it was you can see that many houses there were elegant and richly furnished. There are also a couple of stores with merchandise still inside. It is an interesting place to visit and is worth the bad road to get there.
Back on the highway we have another 200 miles to go to get to Gerlach. Some of it is nice scenery and other parts are not as nice. In Yerington, Nevada I see a sign for a motorcycle shop so we search for it and our good luck continues. They have another dirt bike tire that will fit our trailer. We purchase it and will carry it with us but will not install it unless we absolutely have to.
Finally we get to Gerlach and get a key for the motel room at Bruno's Motel that we have reserved. Bruno's Motel is next door to Bruno's Gas Station.
The others are not here yet so we unpack and drink a nice cool beer from our ice chest. Then we leave the room and head for Bruno's Country Club and Casino for dinner. As we look across the dry lake we see three bikes on the highway and it is our friends arriving just in time for a ravioli dinner. By the time we finish dinner it is almost dark. Everyone heads off to their rooms except Pete who has decided to camp on the playa (dry lake) so that he can unwind from a bad week as well as see some stars. Later Linda and I go for a walk and to do a little star gazing before we go to bed.
A little ways north of Lee Vining is a turnoff that goes to the ghost town of Bodie. Bodie is an old gold mining town and many of the buildings are still standing. Many of then still have furniture inside which you can view through the windows. It is a state park. The road there is not very good and to make it worse they are doing construction on it and it is one lane in a couple of places. In those spots you must wait for a pilot car to escort you. Then the last 3 miles is a very rough, washboard dirt road. But we finally get there after a tooth and bone shaking ride.
Bodie was considered one of the most lawless towns in the west. But as rough as it was you can see that many houses there were elegant and richly furnished. There are also a couple of stores with merchandise still inside. It is an interesting place to visit and is worth the bad road to get there.
Back on the highway we have another 200 miles to go to get to Gerlach. Some of it is nice scenery and other parts are not as nice. In Yerington, Nevada I see a sign for a motorcycle shop so we search for it and our good luck continues. They have another dirt bike tire that will fit our trailer. We purchase it and will carry it with us but will not install it unless we absolutely have to.
Finally we get to Gerlach and get a key for the motel room at Bruno's Motel that we have reserved. Bruno's Motel is next door to Bruno's Gas Station.
The others are not here yet so we unpack and drink a nice cool beer from our ice chest. Then we leave the room and head for Bruno's Country Club and Casino for dinner. As we look across the dry lake we see three bikes on the highway and it is our friends arriving just in time for a ravioli dinner. By the time we finish dinner it is almost dark. Everyone heads off to their rooms except Pete who has decided to camp on the playa (dry lake) so that he can unwind from a bad week as well as see some stars. Later Linda and I go for a walk and to do a little star gazing before we go to bed.
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