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Before sunrise near Belmont
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In no hurry
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Beautiful and unique snowflakes make all the trees look the same
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Out of place in Manhattan
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Middle of absolutely nowhere
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Prickly
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Bright
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Prickly
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Icthyosaur State Park, where big fish roamed the mountains
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Berlin ruins
Fortunately, most of these dirt roads are quite well-maintained, and we were able to travel at a good clip. Actually, a lot of the dirt roads were in better shape than nearby asphalt. We had to turn back on one road that went over the mountains as it was snowbound and untraveled, but the lower road was all good.
Our itinerary was as follows: Reno-Tonopah-Belmont-Manhattan-Berlin-Ione-Austin-Middlegate-Reno. Not bad for 24 hours!