You be my guest. Those who live East of the Mississippi sometimes don't get the "wide open" (isolated) places out here-
U.S. Route 50 (US 50) is a major east–west highway, connecting Ocean City, Maryland and West Sacramento, California. Stretching 3,000 miles (4,800 km), the route runs through mostly rural areas in the Western part of US. It includes the section through Nevada known as "The Loneliest Road in...
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Two hours (or more) without cell phone service is not uncommon in many, many parts. And yea-I have pulled my trailer through most of them.
In college I took a 10 year old minivan from ME to Yellowstone, through MN (had to pick up friends). Radiator gave out, cracked tank finally gave up--yes, I knew it was leaking when I left, was willing to gamble a bit. Van had a reman motor and trans, as the original engine gave up after 100k. Not sure how many miles on the reman when I left but it was way past 50k, probably not far from 100k.
We took a shortcut and it was a 3 or 4 hour long road--as in, 3 hours between intersections--and gas stations. I was starting to sweat that one... since we saw like maybe 3 or 4 houses in that time! Wyoming has a lot of open space fer sure...
Would I do it again, even in one of my current jalopies? Probably. What's the worst that could happen? No good story ever started out "so I was sitting there eating a salad..."
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My cellphone usually doesn't work at home, and there's dead zones all around me. Somehow I managed to get by before the advent of the stupid thing, and I suspect I could get by without it if I had to. If I had to travel again like that, I'd just stock my car back up with supplies. Longest I'd have to walk right now is maybe an hour to get cell service, so why bother loading the car up with stuff today?
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Remind me again, all those new car dealerships, what do they have all those repair bays for? and what's with the deal with "needing" a warranty when buying a car? and all those recalls? They sure sound real reliable to me...