Guy Boutin's Motorcycle Touring and Travel Pages

Adventures in Sport Touring with the Honda ST 1100, 1300 and the BMW 1200RT

Exploring North America...One Road at a Time

                                    Nevada

U.S. 50, Fallon to Ely (2004)- One of my all time favorite roads.  What a great ride I had in 04 on this famous highway.  Everything was perfect.  You owe it to yourself to ride this highway at least once in your career.  Perhaps you will have a day similar to the one I had.  A sky so blue it hurt my eyes.  No humid Alabama haze to cloud things, and a cool dry breeze blowing on a 73 degree day.  The air was so thin, Dr Atkins would have been proud.  The road is fast, made for triple digit speeds.  It has curves for leaning when you cross the mountain passes, and desert beauty surrounds you.  The road seems to go on forever as you set out to conqueror "The Loneliest Road in America."  The interesting mining towns are far between, but that is the appeal of US 50; nothing to interrupt you as you cruise on one of America's greatest roads.