Overview – What an outstanding trip – 27 days, 16 camps, 4600 miles of backroad bliss on The Lincoln Highway and immense emersion in the tremendous history of the 19th Century Western Pioneers of the USA.
There is so very much to cover here that I will be making dozens of separate blog posts to do justice to the various aspects of the trip that we experienced.
As a guide, here are the Google Maps references in image and link form. Please note, that I broke these up due to the limitations and inflexibility of Google Maps which forces us to stay on the Interstate.
Outbound – Home to Gothenberg, NE –
https://goo.gl/maps/v5MK7Hf9stsKd16L9
Return Trip – Gothenberg, NE to Pine Bluffs, WY – https://goo.gl/maps/ff4vZqme26CZRnDc8
Return Trip – Pine Bluffs, WY to Home – https://goo.gl/maps/ZPDqavUMaYdH9tct9
I also urge you to visit and become acquainted with the Lincoln Highway Association website and their splendid, interactive map that allows you to choose and follow the Lincoln Highway and see the various Points of Interest in your trip planning and, while you are driving.
Website Link – https://lincolnhighwayassoc.org/
Interactive Map – https://lincolnhighwayassoc.org/map/
— Home to Goldfield, NV
Passing through Beatty, NV on the way to Goldfield, our first overnight destination, we stopped for an impromptu interview one of the prospective weather burros for KGFN – Radio Goldfield. Like the rest of his brethren, he mostly interested in beer! We did not have any .. yet.
In Goldfield, NV we visited our good friends, Carl and Pattie Brownfield, the mainstay behind Radio Goldfield. We also visited the International Car Forest of the Last Church | Open Air Gallery | Nevada Art (travelnevada.com)
See the GOLDFIELD NV GALLERY for photos around town as well as the Car Forest.
– Overall, the comedy and good vibes of Goldfield can be summed up in this roadside sign. It is real, a good Goldfield local was actually selling snakes.
During my morning walk in Goldfield. This old station is loaded with stuff from the day it closed, many decades ago.
The International Car Forest of The Last Church.
The (reportedly) Haunted Goldfield Hotel.
See the GOLDFIELD NV GALLERY for photos around town as well as the Car Forest.
— In Virginia City, NV
Our next stop was Chili On The Comstock an ICS sanctioned chili cookoff event in historic Virginia City, NV. needless to say, the Chili was excellent and the folks in VC were as friendly as ever.
