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[Taku]

Having spent a lot of time working in Nevada and some fun trips there, I always enjoy seeing places I haven't been. After many years, I finally got my better half to do a trip there this past spring. Now she really wants to go back. Thanks for the trip report and a bunch of new places to go!

[ski3pin]

What were you thinking??????????

 

Thinking about having a great time, I expect!

 

Most of central Nevada is well over 4500 feet (in the valley low spots) that it cools down so nice at night we don't worry too much about the heat of the day. It is so big and open and not too thick with people. Natural hot springs are icing on the cake. Good job on your detective work, Mr. Groovy!

 

Thanks for taking us non drinkers inside Dirty Dicks and introducing us to the characters that frequent the place.(Actually I'm pretty familiar with the insides of these establishments and Edgewood, I expect the old timers are still telling stories about your girlfriend. Perhaps she is the model, from memory and imagination, for the boudoir portrait that GroovyDad so kindly included in his story?) 

 

We just drove through Manhattan also.

 

Last time we filled up with gas at Carvers it took over an hour to find the woman to pay for the gas. We asked the patrons in the store where she was and got the usual wonderful replies - "Now where did she go off to?" "Hey, Bob, do you think she walked over to the post office?" "She didn't call in her daughter to watch the place so shouldn't be gone for too long." It was a delightful stop.

 

Thanks for the wonderful tale GroovyDad!

[hoyden]

Fun! I've been thinking about a "hot springs road trip" for a while now. You are inspiring 

A friendly dog is a good companion and ice-breaker! 

Once it cools down a little, I'll hafta take some time through Nevada....

[GroovyDad]

Fun! I've been thinking about a "hot springs road trip" for a while now. You are inspiring 

A friendly dog is a good companion and ice-breaker! 

Once it cools down a little, I'll hafta take some time through Nevada....

 

Let me know when you're out this way and I'll help dial you in to some special places.

[hoyden]

Let me know when you're out this way and I'll help dial you in to some special places.

 

On my way! 

 

... okay, will do! 

[ski3pin]

..................since you mentioned Carvers.......................

 

I'm sad that this sign has been replaced along Highway 50 east of Austin. It was one of my favorites and drew attention to the Loneliest Golf Course in America - in Carvers, Nevada.

 

 

 

I've thought this location would make the best spring time rally for Wander the West members who are into hitting the little white ball around (I do not belong to this club). This is the kind of place memories are made!

[GroovyDad]

I'm not for hitting the little white ball around either, but this area would still be an awesome place for a camper gathering. There would be so much to do in every direction.

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[Wandering Sagebrush]

More people should play golf!   (It keeps them out of the places I like...    )

[ntsqd]

Was Mark Twain or Will Rogers who described golf as "chasing a white bag of mullet around a cow pasture and beating it with a club"?

 

One trip I bought fuel in Carvers three different times. Time before in the area we stopped at the bar in Manhattan. I thought the bar-keep was a hoot!

[my_wild_dreams_]

Awesome report and those are some really cool hot springs! 

 

Is there any danger of the springs or the ground being too hot? I've been in Yellowstone and there are all kinds of warnings about how the water can be near boiling, and how there can be really hot mud underneath thin crusts of dirt.