Cara Likes to Sleep!

 Cara was sleeping when I woke up, I decided to allow it and take care of things myself. One bowl of cold cereal, cup of water and a tooth brushing and I hit the road. Cara was still sleeping. We cruised down some dirt roads and finally found pavement. Cara was still sleeping. We cruised down some pavement and took some turns and stuff, 50 miles later we found an awesome little town stuffed into a mountain pass. We drove over the pass and continued, Cara was still sleeping. For almost 2 hours we drove, and by we I mean I drove the Donkey while Cara slept on the bed in the back of the Donkey. She really likes sleeping!! I think we crossed 2 7000'+ passes while she was snoozing in the back.

We finally made it to Ely, NV...
It has a HUGE mine on the outskirts of town...  we could see it 10+ miles before arriving. The tailings piles were huge, and abundant. By this time Cara had emerged from the back of the van. She wasn't happy about it, but she was hungry and couldn't sleep any longer. At least thats how I remember it. She probably will tell a tale about her husband yelling at her to get up and do something, or how whinney her husband was and how annoying it was to listen to him while she tried to sleep. She likes to make stuff up like that and you shouldn't pay any attention to it. She's sleeping right now.

Anyways, after a free shower (with gas purchase at truckstop) we hit the road. We were already ahead of schedule so  whatever miles we got now were bonus 'free' miles.
We knocked out another 100 or so and wound up staying in 'Cathedral Gorge'. It was pretty dang nice. $17 to dry camp and it had flush toilets and free hot showers. Plus some awesome rock formations and several hikes/attractions .