Welcome back to Grand Adventure! I'm your host Marc Guido,
and after five stationary months in Salt Lake City we're truly excited to be back
out on the road today for nearly eight months of traveling around the country, so stay tuned!
Leaving Salt Lake City, we're heading out past the Great Salt Lake
and across Utah's lonely West Desert towards the Nevada line.
It's not the best weather for traveling but we're just happy to be back on the road.
Turning south from West Wendover, Nevada, US-93A quickly gains elevation.
Looking out ahead, we're surprised to see in the distance
a certain color that we never want to see while towing:
white.
The weather fortunately abates by the time we reach our destination: the historic mining town
of Ely, and nearby Cave Lake State Park in the Schell Creek Range above town.
The Schell Creeks, and for that matter this entire portion of eastern Nevada is ridiculously
unpopulated and incredibly underutilized, not to mention stunningly beautiful.
It's the perfect opportunity to get away from it all after five months in suburban Salt Lake City.
Cave Lake State Park offers two dry campgrounds, Elk Flat and Lake View.
Elk Flat has yet to open for the season, but Lake View is open year-round and contains 29
sites situated on a hillside in a pinyon and juniper forest in a figure-8 orientation.
Sites cost $15 per night, plus a $5 surcharge for out-of-state residents.
We've selected #25 with its stunning view from near the top of the loop.
This campsite would not have even been possible for us without Starlink.
There's zero cell service here, yet we have Internet data and Wi-Fi calling
thanks to roaming on Starlink satellite internet.
I'd hoped to get my first kayak paddle of 2022 on Cave Lake,
but it's not much of a lake right now as they're rebuilding the dam.
I doubt this fish cleaning station is going to see much use this summer.
Well...
Who the hell is this?
Well, who's this?
You've got to be kidding me!
What up Cuz?
Seriously?
You can't hide from me.
Oh good Lord!
Salena sniffed you out.
Oh my word! I've got to do something about that dog, I really do.
Welcome, I guess.
Wow, there she is.
Hey baby! You ready, you ready to camp?
Oh yeah! Thank God you guys got me out of the city.
How were the roads?
Great!
No snow?
Much better than your drive yesterday.
Nice and dry.
Well I've got a nice ... got a nice pull-through site here waiting for you.
Thank you!
You got it.
Our Grand Adventurers already know Ed and Ann from the YouTube channel
"Homie at Large" from some of our past episodes.
We're going to caravan together for a bit
to see where life takes us, starting out by exploring the area around Ely, Nevada.
So you may be asking yourself, why Ely, Nevada?
Because we're here to see three things that we've never seen before:
the Ward Charcoal Ovens, the Northern Nevada Railway and Museum, and Great Basin National Park.
And we're going to explore all three in next week's Grand Adventure, so if you're not yet
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