Turning point
So right about now I would normally be turning off i80 north onto exit 43 if I am not mistaken. Then a mere 77 miles or so to Gerlach. At that point nothing else matters. You could walk from there. It is always about 2 hours from the turn. Single lane two way streets with zero shoulders slow everything down, but there is no road rage here. I have been replaying that end-drive through my mind every time I realized what the date actually is. Sometimes I even catch myself off-guard and think that it is more odd that I am actually at home. I can feel what it is like with the windows open, the music down/off, the dry alkaline air. The tight turn just in front of Pyramid lake with the crazy cliffs.
I always got a feeling inside when you take that one last bend and see Gerlach. And then just off in the distance you can see BRC. And you know that once you pass through Gerlach, it is only a few miles left.
