KOA of Ely - Ely, NV

Tioga Pass

This was going to be a fairly long day, about 377 miles, so we get an early start. It starts out with a 60 mile ride over Tioga Pass, reaching just short of 10,000 ft.  Then on to Route 6, which claims to be even lonelier than Route 50, “the loneliest highway.”  We stop for lunch near Tonopah, right by the Crescent Dunes Solar Project, a 1.1 gigawatt solar power plant, with a 10 hour 1 gigawatt battery.  You’d have to google it for details,  but let’s just say our 200 watt solar panel felt just a little inadequate. With a fuel stop in Tonopah, we drove confidently past the “Next Gas 187 Miles” sign.

The highway goes over small mountain passes and then into flat valleys before heading over the next pass.  At times you can see the road twenty miles ahead.  Finally into Ely for laundry and grocery shopping.