Maybe some construction at Groom ?
Desert Shadow
this Saturday. I almost never see any cars or trucks in the Alamo
courthouse or near the ET HWY sign near Crystal Springs. Today they
both had some action. I noticed quite a few of the trucks and cars
had Union type bumper stickers. I am just wondering about some
construction or something going on at Groom. The white bus parked in
Alamo was not the usually on either. I was wondering if the usual bus
took the workers to Groom Sat. morning. Just a thought. Is the
cemetary about five miles from Delamar Ghost town associated with
Delamar. I can't imagine where else the people buried there would be
from. We never made it all the way to Delamar. The last five miles
of the road was too rough. The rocks were way to sharp for me to
drive over. The first ten miles were fine. Does that rough stretch
last all the way to Delamar?
Sad place to end up
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo10/desertshadow/Delmar%20Ghost%20Town%2011-21-09/TripReport11-21-09006.jpg?t=1258879051
Busy Saturday at Groom?
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo10/desertshadow/Delmar%20Ghost%20Town%2011-21-09/TripReport11-21-09002.jpg?t=1258879523
obviouslydelusional
> Both lots where workers usually park during the week had some activity
> this Saturday. I almost never see any cars or trucks in the Alamo
> courthouse or near the ET HWY sign near Crystal Springs. Today they
> both had some action. I noticed quite a few of the trucks and cars
> had Union type bumper stickers. I am just wondering about some
> construction or something going on at Groom. The white bus parked in
> Alamo was not the usually on either. I was wondering if the usual bus
> took the workers to Groom Sat. morning. Just a thought. Is the
> cemetary about five miles from Delamar Ghost town associated with
> Delamar. I can't imagine where else the people buried there would be
> from. We never made it all the way to Delamar. The last five miles
> of the road was too rough. The rocks were way to sharp for me to
> drive over. The first ten miles were fine. Does that rough stretch
> last all the way to Delamar?
>
>
> Busy Saturday at Groom?http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo10/desertshadow/Delmar%20Ghost%2...
Yes, that's the Delamar cemetery:
Lumpy
> Yes, that's the Delamar cemetery:
>
> http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/delamar.html
Some odd directions listed on that site -
" ...the site as it is about 35 miles from the
Crystal Springs cutoff on rather changable roads
and through a few dry washes.This is Four wheel
drive travel only after you exit the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Delamar is off US 93 approx. 16 miles west of Caliente, NV.
Drive about 15 miles south on a gravel/rock road to Delamar. ..."
Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke
Lumpy
http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/antelope.htm
[Describing the townsite of Antelope]
NAME: Antelope
COUNTY: Nye
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: Hot summer, cool winter.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.
COMMENTS: Worth the trip
REMAINS: Ranch.
"...The main ranch house is still used to
house cowboys when they work cattle in
the valley. And there are other interesting
remains that make the trip worthwhile..."
"...The site is now part of the Nellis Air Force
Bombing and Gunnery Range and is off limits to the public. ..."
Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke
mi...@sushi.com
Yeah, that ghost town website has a few ghost towns on restricted
territory. Why they do that, I don't know. They also have the
location of Belmont quite wrong. They put it near highway 50.
It could be possible that the TTR lets ranchers on the range with a
minder. I ran into a guy doing a bird count survey. He was allowed to
stay in the mancamp at Tonopah. The group did have a minder. I should
mention he was retired, but a formerly an electrician that wired up
the barns for the F117s. So it's not like he was never on the range.
Steve Medlin and crew can go beyond the border. I know at Bald
Mountain, Steve just gets on the radio and calls security so they
don't have to come out to investigate who tripped the road sensor.
mi...@sushi.com
> this Saturday. I almost never see any cars or trucks in the Alamo
> courthouse or near the ET HWY sign near Crystal Springs. Today they
> both had some action. I noticed quite a few of the trucks and cars
> had Union type bumper stickers. I am just wondering about some
> construction or something going on at Groom. The white bus parked in
> Alamo was not the usually on either. I was wondering if the usual bus
> took the workers to Groom Sat. morning. Just a thought. Is the
> cemetary about five miles from Delamar Ghost town associated with
> Delamar. I can't imagine where else the people buried there would be
> from. We never made it all the way to Delamar. The last five miles
> of the road was too rough. The rocks were way to sharp for me to
> drive over. The first ten miles were fine. Does that rough stretch
> last all the way to Delamar?
>
>
> Busy Saturday at Groom?http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo10/desertshadow/Delmar%20Ghost%2...
They run two different buses for Groom.
http://www.lazygranch.com/images/misc/whitebus1.jpg
http://www.lazygranch.com/images/misc/whitebus3.jpg
http://www.lazygranch.com/images/misc/whitebus4.jpg
I don't recall much rough rock for Delamar. I suggest using off-road
tires when going off road. ;-) SUVs come with street tires, Very
annoying since you have to dump them on day one and collect what you
can get, or try to use the street tires at your own risk. Unless you
are on loose soil, street tires on a 4wD is pretty good for off road,
as the tourists can testify. But street tires can't take rocks and are
useless in loose soil
rv58
> - Show quoted text -
The Bluebird must be a boneshaker ride wonder why they quit the MCI.
Yes road tires NFG.