Without you, not sure anyone would know about Tonopah! Staying at the Mizpah Hotel in downtown 🙂 Tonopah. When built in 1905, it was the tallest building in Nevada. A huge silver strike was discovered here at the turn of the century and a group of citizens felt they needed a ‘respectable’ hotel in their town. Shuttered in 2000, it was reopened in 2011 by the Cline wine family.One of its claims to fame is the fact it’s haunted. Evidently in the 1920’s, a lady of the night was murdered on the 5th floor and her ghost is present everywhere. Interestingly, I did hear footsteps in the hallway last night and nobody was there!Cute couple.Accommodations on the 5th floor…just a few doors down from the suite where they lady met her fate.Lightly dressed wedge salad.Followed by chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes and some sort of veggie that melted in my mouth 😳

Happenings since my last postMeet Duane, the owner of the hot springs and builder of the bath house. Super nice fellow, living his passion out in the upper desert.Pool in the bathhouseOutdoor pools overlooking the lake.One final picture study with Gary.

While I could have stayed longer in the desert, I needed to make tracks south. Connected with Robin and Randy and made plans to have dinner with them and camp in their driveway for the night. Great seeing them again!

I had an early conference call on Tuesday morning, so once the sun started to rise, I left Eagleville for Cedarville where I’d have cell service and grab a breakfast.

Traffic on the highway was pretty busy getting to Cedarville!Robin and Randy suggested the cafe in Cedarville and breakfast was great!After breakfast, needed to make tracks toward Reno. Kept driving and made it to Carson City NV by late afternoon and thought staying inside for the night and an indoor shower sounded pretty great. Of course, what would a casino be without a Prime Rib special for $9.99! And, not sure how it is a ‘special’, if it is every day!They learned their veggie secret prep from the Mizpah Hotel. How they keep their shape as veggies, but once you put one in your mouth, it dissolves without requiring chewing. No texture, no flavor, no reason.

Thursday morning

Need to pack it in and try to get close to Vegas today. Will need to find a storage unit for my Westy and I’m still wanting to find a reputable air cooled shop to verify that no further damage has been done to my baby.

Final note from a commercial on TV – I’m no marketing expert (after 40 years in the biz), but thinking if you name a product with a made up name, Turd should not be the first part of the name. Just sayin!