The trip from Salt Lake City to Chiloquin, OR began with views of the southern end of the Great Salt Lake and then across the Great Salt Lake Desert while traveling I-80 westbound. The road is long and straight...
And just before you cross the border into Nevada, lookie what I found!
We didn’t have time to attempt to tour the Speedway, or even explore if there was anything to see. In Winnemucca, NV, we turned north on US-95, the west on SR-140 (the road retains the 140 designation in both Nevada and Oregon). SR-140 travels through several types of terrain - from high desert, to basin, to forest land. Soon after crossing into Oregon, we came upon Doherty Slide - a very steep and winding, rapid descend of a couple thousand feet...with no guard rail. The road had just been replaced with a chip and seal material and there was no center stripe. My BIL later told me if you are in the passenger seat while going up, you can look over and see the many crashed cars at the bottom of the mountain. Scary drive, for sure. A few hours later, we finally hit the forested areas.
It was a loooong 11.5 hour drive, but glad to have made it safely. Now, to play for a few days...
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