Went out for a drive today to the far ends of the Earth. If you have been on the Great Basin Highway in Nevada, and you have seen the desolation there, then you know just what I am on about. America is a big country, and it is a modern country, in many ways the most advanced in the world, however, it still has places where the modern conveniences have not yet reached. The infrastructure is beginning to be installed though, and what was once the Great American West is about to be tamed like never before. When it finishes, I am sure the loss will be not unlike the loss of Route 66 to the Interstate, and only pockets will remain to remind future generations of a time long past. See it while you can, for the insteps of progress will soon turn to housing developments that will cover with asphalt even this magnificent place.
I wanted to check out the area and the traffic levels on the highway as an alternative to I-15 for the past day of March. We need to take our horses up to the house in Idaho so they don’t eat us alive for the cost of their feed. The tires are not new on anything, and the cost of replacing them is too high. I’d like to keep the speed down on that drive up!
Kelsey J Bacon