more very rural nevada - very desert - and aliens
Friday, 18. September 2009, 06:54:13
More pics from the road trip. All images are clickable for greater detail. Select "all sizes" upon landing on the flickr page.
Image #1: Near Area 51, the town of Rachel, Nevada is about the only inhabited area.
Image #2: There aren't a lot of places to buy fuel around here.
Image #3: The Little A'le'Inn serves a damned good breakfast, plus powerful cocktails if you want one. Unlike many tourist stops, the people were really nice in there. They seemed to have a hardcore hatred of Hillary and Bill Clinton, but I didn't give a damn.
Image #4: Rachel, NV, is on the Extraterrestrial Highway, really out in the middle of nowhere. I could live there in a heartbeat as long as there is high-speed Internet....and the occasional alien probing.
There was a surprising 5 bar cell signal there, the only one for many, many miles.
Image #5: Suddenly German tourists appeared. They were a little too buff for my taste, but it was something to look at for a few minutes.
Image #1: Near Area 51, the town of Rachel, Nevada is about the only inhabited area.
Image #2: There aren't a lot of places to buy fuel around here.
Image #3: The Little A'le'Inn serves a damned good breakfast, plus powerful cocktails if you want one. Unlike many tourist stops, the people were really nice in there. They seemed to have a hardcore hatred of Hillary and Bill Clinton, but I didn't give a damn.
Image #4: Rachel, NV, is on the Extraterrestrial Highway, really out in the middle of nowhere. I could live there in a heartbeat as long as there is high-speed Internet....and the occasional alien probing.
There was a surprising 5 bar cell signal there, the only one for many, many miles.Image #5: Suddenly German tourists appeared. They were a little too buff for my taste, but it was something to look at for a few minutes.
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PainterWoman # 18. September 2009, 14:28
I wonder if there's been any movies about this place or, at least, filmed in the area.
Hmmmm....maybe not. It would cause too much commotion and too many earthlings roaming about for the powers to keep an eye on.
slackwrdave # 18. September 2009, 15:53
Also, the "next fuel 45 miles" was for the direction from which we had come. The direction we were going, the next fuel was about a 100 miles.
As usual, when one is in an unusual place with limited communication, the credit card company will decide your charges don't fit a pattern and block the card until you call them. At that "last fuel 45 miles" place, I got a nice decline. I did, however, have a backup plan.
Shaunak De # 19. September 2009, 16:21
daxonmacs # 20. September 2009, 22:42
Guess who put that there?
Cool pictures of a weird place. I guess a lot of people here would shake their heads
Your fav must be the last one?
slackwrdave # 21. September 2009, 04:35
Originally posted by daxonmacs:
Yeah. Too buff but better than nothing. Ok in a pinch, lol.
Edilberto "Neto" # 21. September 2009, 12:30
slackwrdave # 21. September 2009, 13:21
Originally posted by edilbertoneto:
You are never forgotten, I just had no idea you wanted to go!
Edilberto "Neto" # 21. September 2009, 16:25
slackwrdave # 22. September 2009, 00:58