Feb 7, 2017 - International Car Forest

We visited a most unusual “forest” of cars today. While searching for the top ten things to see and do in this area, I found the International Car Forest in Goldfield, Nevada. It was only about 20 miles away, we decided to go for it. :-) It reminded me of the Cadillac Ranch in Texas except for the nice artist drawing on these. The one in Texas has spray cans everywhere and everyone paints on them, with or without any talent. This one is the dream project of two Nevada artist, Chad Sorg and Mark Rippie. They put a lot of time into it and...

Feb 7, 2017 - Serendipity

This is our second update from our visit to Goldfield, Nevada. The first update covered the unusual Car Forest, this one is about the town and the awesome people we met. One of the joyful parts of our traveling by RV are all the incredible people we meet. Our visit to this tiny town was a fortunate stroke of serendipity. (see below) Everywhere we went we met friendly and helpful people. I was just sitting in the car in front of one of the stores and a lady came out and talked to me with brochures telling me not to miss the Santa Fe Saloon...

Nov 28, 2011 - Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011

Saturday, November 26, 2011 It was cold last night (25 degrees), but the sun was shining on the motor home, so the outside temperature was 40 degrees when I got up at 7:45. I took the time to write yesterday’s update and begin this one as I enjoyed my cup of coffee. I’ll pull the satellite dish away and we will head south towards Pahrump, in nice sunny weather. We left the spot at 8:45, and drove at a leisurely pace (60 mph), even though the speed limit is 70, as there was no traffic and going slower helps with the gas mileage. I stopped...

Oct 17, 2008 - Goldfield, Nevada

From Carson City we continued south towards Death Valley gong in out out of Nevada and California along the route. There were a few passes ranging up to 6,000ft (2000m) but no problem. The coach runs like a champ since we had the turbo fixed. Landscape was amazing, Creeks, mountains, desert, winding roads, snow and lakes. everything you can imaging. Temperatures still in the 90's but cooling down at night. Fuel Management becomes an issue here. No gas stations for hundred of miles or not suitable for us. Restaurants seem to be rare as...