Today’s drive.
Yes these pictures are very much the same. They are both pictures of Harry driving on ICE and SNOW on the 9th of April.
This is one of the many passes on Hwy 50, we are just East of Ely, NV.
Driving up the pass their was a semi stopped in the road just before the top of the pass. I was able to drive around him when I discovered the ice and snow on the road which stopped him. The road is a 6 to 7% grade and I guess he was going so slow when he got to the ice he was unable to keep moving.
We were early enough to get a spot to stop. This was a good time for breakfast and wait for the road to clear. We got to the top at 8:00 a.m. and the first two sand truck came through at 8:10. They several passes blading the ice and dumping a lot of salt and sand on the road. By 9:00 the road was melted (about an inch of ice) and the Highway Patrol stopped to say the road was clear going east.
The plan was to spend the night at Hayspur Hatchery Campground, however the campground was closed. It is a one lane road into the hatchery and campground and with the campground closed I only had limited options to turn around. I needed up having to unhook the pickup to get turned around.
We ended at a rest stop just down the main road on the way to Sun Valley.
It was cold, 27 degrees in the morning.