We spent much of the day roaming the middle of nowhere, I.e., northeastern Nevada. We started with a visit to a Fremont Culture archeological site near Baker, NV. We ended up in West Wendover, NV the very week of Speed Week on the Bonneville Salt Flats, just ten miles east of town. Not caring to see vehicles go 450 miles an hour, we tried to take a back country loop to get a good view of the Salt Flats. We spent an hour on gravel and dirt roads and never found a viewpoint where our phones could take a picture that does the scene justice. West Wendover is a small town, but it has five casinos. Just walking through one to get to a restaurant practically does Judy in because of the cigarette smoke. All around town are piles of salt which have fallen off of vehicles which have been on the Flats. This is clearly a big deal for those involved. We had a nice tent site and very pleasant sleeping weather.
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