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Tag: Nevada

  • July 17, 2016-Welcome to Utah

    July 17, 2016-Welcome to Utah

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    I leave Montello, Nevada for what will be the longest stretch of the trip between charging opportunities so far. “The road aims straight for the distant, jagged horizon as shimmering heat haze rises from the baking asphalt. The Zero hums along at a leisurely pace. Desert grass grows in clumps in the sandy soil, green…

  • July 15, 2016-Saturday Night in Elko, Nevada

    July 15, 2016-Saturday Night in Elko, Nevada

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    “…to tell the whole truth, I went to bed thoroughly disgusted with my bargain. I felt as if I was a fool for attempting to cross the continent on a motor bicycle. I was tired of sand and sagebrush and railroad ties. My back ached, and I fell asleep feeling as if I did not…

  • July 15, 2016 – I Charge Across Nevada

    July 15, 2016 – I Charge Across Nevada

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    In this chapter of “Following Wyman: An Electric Motorcycle Adventure” I find places to charge in the desert while Wyman struggles. Check it out on Substack: https://followingwyman.substack.com/p/july-15-2016-i-charge-across-nevada?r=2rzwg #Motorcycle, #ev, #electricmotorcycle, #substack, #writing, #Nevada

  • July 15, 2016: Leaving Lovelock…and the challenges of crossing Nevada

    July 15, 2016: Leaving Lovelock…and the challenges of crossing Nevada

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    Telling this story is truly a labor of love for me. I wrote a 6-part series for RoadRUNNER Magazine, but felt that, even with that, there were photos and stories that didn’t make it to publication. So now, that longer story is online, and I hope that others with a sense of adventure bump into…

  • Across the Forty Mile Desert

    Across the Forty Mile Desert

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    The next chapter of my electric cross-country adventure is now on Substack. I’m still in Nevada, spellbound by it’s rugged beauty and gobsmacked at how George A. Wyman and others before him crossed these vast, inhospitable distances. https://open.substack.com/pub/followingwyman/p/07-across-the-forty-mile-desert?r=2rzwg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

  • Wyman 06 – Into the Desert

    Wyman 06 – Into the Desert

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    I finally leave the safe confines of California – and it’s relative abundance of EV charging stations – for the literal and figurative deserts of Nevada… https://open.substack.com/pub/followingwyman/p/06-into-the-desert