Ely, to Eureka, to Austin

It is a lonely road.

A series of north south ranges interrupting long flat stretches of an otherwise great desert basin.

2026 Summer Trip Map

Drove as far as Cold Springs Station, a stop on the Pony Express Route.  An ambitions endeavor, it delivered the mail 2,000 miles from St Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California in just 10 days.  It only ran for 18 months before the telegraph lines were completed, making it instantly obsolete, but forever a part of American lore.

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