Ed; Well it is still Saturday and we are still in Nevada not sure how far today but we are 311 miles NW of Las Veges. Trudy just found it 194 miles today. That leaves about 700 to Portland Or. We are in Hawthorn, another military centered town. And another great local restaurant ( Maggie's At noon, in Goldfield for lunch at the Dinky Diner. we shared a table with a couple who have been full time RVers for 20 years. They suggested the place where we are tonight and when Trudy asked for the phone number the fellow said if you want to call them I will dial it for you, Trudy said "great" and he dialed and handed her his phone, three and a half hours later we where here.
Goldfield has a historical society that is doing a great job of restoring the town to its early 1900's original look. At present the major project is restoration of the 1907 Stone and brick High School. The City Hall and fire department have been restored and are in use/
The road up here was two lane most of the way, except for about 12 miles each, over two different Mountain passes and 4.5 down another there where passing lanes where trucks RV's and other slower moving vehicles could pull.
However the road surfaces are in very good condition over
This is without a doubt the nicest RV park we have seen west of the Mississippi. Spacious Some nice grass in the common areas, Every lot is a pull through with a cement parking pad. and wide drives. with this being a Holiday Week end we will stay through Monday to let the traffic get back to normal. About half the units in this place tonight are from Oregon, Washington and California. We saw a Presbyterian church here in Hawthorn. May attend there if we do not find some sort of Baptist.
Up Date Monday (memorial day): Not a lot happening in Hawthorne NV today but according to the local weekly, Last weeks "Armed Forces Day" parade was a huge success. We where also informed by the paper that Hawthorne is billed as "America's Patriotic Home". We stayed in yesterday morning and watched the
Indy 500. No KFC in Hawthorne so Trudy went up the road a hundred yards or so to the "Safeway" and picked up some roasted Chicken. In a tour of the town after the race we did locate the Baptist Church. No indication of affiliations on the signs, on either the building or the 12 passenger van parked outside. For the most part the homes here are rather rundown with the exception of maybe a dozen. Most of the Small businesses seemed to be well maintained especially the aforementioned Maggie's Restaurant. The volume of traffic on the Highway in front of the RV Park causes me to think I made a good decision to stay over another day. Too many other tourist.