That would be U.S. 50 through Nevada. After you leave Fallon, there are only two very small towns–Austin and Eureka–with populations under a thousand. They are literally over 100 miles from any hospital; in Austin some years ago we learned that over one-tenth of the population are qualified EMTs. When you are that far from a hospital, you must depend on your neighbors.
This is “basin and range” country. You are driving up and down mountains the whole way, but it is not a traditional mountain range like the Rockies or the Sierras. These are small individual mountain ranges separated by wide and sweeping valleys. Rivers like the Carson end up absorbed in the ground in what are called “sinks.” The whole area is a basin, hence the name–Great Basin. I love Nevada (except for Reno and Las Vegas). I think it is one of the most beautiful of our states. (And it went for Biden.)
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