4/28/22

Having successfully delivered [most] of the trailer to Clean up Pahrump [plate fell off somewhere], it was time to check out of our room at the Saddle West Hotel, and make the long trip back to northern Nevada.

The spot Lisa and I parked the night before, proved to be a bad decision. Right next to the Burbie, a septic truck was sucking something horrid from somewhere in the building, and I think their hoses had a leak somewhere. The seconds spent unlocking our truck, felt like hours.

We escaped the shit storm, and hit the highway. Fresh air and not having a trailer behind us for the next few hundred miles, felt awesome! Along the way, we swung by the Alien Travel Center, to give a spiritual fist-bump to my old boss / former owner. I thought about poking my head into the Alien Cathouse to say hi, but I heard that’s a place of sin, and we all know I’m a man of Jesus.

After buying a couple overpriced souvenirs, we blasted off from Alien Travel Center, and went to do something I’ve always wanted to, every time I drove to and from the Vegas area: Touch Big Dune! It didn’t disappoint, as far as giant piles of sand go. It was really big, and really sandy. I am sad to report that I did not see a single sand worm.

On to Beatty, we hollered at some donkeys. Then we almost died between there and Goldfield, trying to get around a fuel truck, missing oncoming traffic (another semi) by mere seconds. Near death experiences are required at some point as you travel to and/or from the Vegas area. I wish I could say we had video, but I was more focused on not dying, than capturing the moment. Sorry about that.

The rest of our video takes you to some landmarks in our dusty Nevada desert. I apologize for the elevator music loop… having watched this a few times, it’s giving me twitches.