Leaving Carson City on US 50, we headed east. I was unable to find a "Loneliest Road Survival Guide" booklet until we were almost out of Nevada in Ely. If I'd had it from the furthermost point west, I would have been able to get it stamped at each place and sent it in for the certificate. Oh, well.
Ely is a very nice small county seat right in the mountains of eastern Nevada just about 100 miles from Utah. They really trade on the Route 50 gimmick. Lots of murals are around town depicting the history of the area. The BLM has a garnet mining site just west of town but yesterday it was too hot to be out in the sun digging. This mine is not a cave or tunnel but a hillside and open area and it's bring your own tools and water for washing the stones.
Just outside Middlegate, we saw another shoe tree - the only tree within miles and miles in a small pull out. We have also been seeing a lot of signs for calling 911 out in the middle of no where and, of course, no cell phone signal! This highway has no utility poles in sight or billboards, a truly scenic road.
