Long Way Up...and Over! 2011 Alaska Motorcycle Trip: Day 27: The Loneliest Road

We departed Reno, Nevada at approx. 10:30 am local time. We did find the Americana Café open in the Circus Circus hotel and had a nice breakfast before leaving. Our goal: Delta, Utah.

We took I-80 out of Reno. It was a nice ride, while it lasted.

Approx. 30 miles into the day’s ride, we turned onto Hwy 50.

I didn’t know this at the time, but this road is known as “The loneliest road in America”. How silly . . .

This is a dry lake bed on the “lonely road”.

We stopped at Fairview rest stop on the “lonely road”.

There weren’t a lot of rest stops to choose from and no shade anywhere.

This rest stop had some very loose gravel, around six inches deep, to trap unsuspecting bikers that might be traveling the “lonely road”.

It also had a very nice view. A “lonely rest stop” off the “lonely road”.

Nobody ahead of us on the “lonely road”. . .

. . . and nobody behind us on the “lonely road”.

We did see some lonely sand dunes on the “lonely road”. . .

. . . and a couple lonely cyclists (and stupid!) on the “lonely road” . . .

. . . and a lonely work crew on the “lonely road”.

Mick found a lonely, but lovely, bug smashed on his tank bag, no doubt, from the “lonely road”.

We also got to experience some newly tarred and graveled "lonely road" construction.

Mick said he saw a lonely Rattlesnake along side the road. It launched at Mick, after I roused him going by, but it missed.

We decided to eat lunch in Eureka, since we had not seen anyone all day. There were so few people, we thought the ones we see should be the “Friendliest" on the Loneliest Road in America.