We spent a little bit of time in Eureka, mostly taking pictures and getting gas. Eureka is the home of the famous Eureka Opera House, had to get a picture of that. It was closed when we went though the first and second time (remember, we came thorough on Friday to get the mug for the community)
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| Lincoln Hwy Marker, Road coming into town, the Eureka Hotel, the Eureka Opera House, railroad crew car, Eureka Sentinel Museum, and the Eureka Fire House. |
Eureka has thrown their heart into restoring the building that had build that town. They are doing a fine job!!!!
On our way to Ely we stopped at the Illapah Reservoir/BLM campground. Free Camping!!!! with great scenery and dune buggy trails!!! We stayed there for 4 nights!!!
Ely was 38 miles from Illapah Reservoir so we didn't run into town every day.
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| Scenery along the way, the Hwy 50 sign, 100 year old train tunnel, and the Open Pit mine just outside of town. |
On the 26th we went into Ely to ride the train.
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| Scenery along the way. |
Dune Buggy ride!!!! The Ghost town and cemetery of Hamilton. The wild west...deserted and falling down.
Now the reason for the great mug chase. June was the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Highway (Hwy 50). They were giving away mugs to all travelers that came to each town along the route and visited all 7 communities. Jim and I did that!!! Also if you took a mug shot with your mugs and turned it into the Ely Chamber of Commerce they would give you an 8th mug to complete your set.
Here are the "MUG SHOT" of Jim and I with the mugs!!!!
This is the coveted 8th mug.
NOW, I have full filled the quest for the Highway 50 Mugs!!!!
The really sad thing though, people have pryed the Lincoln medallion out of all of the Lincoln Highway markers along the route. You might be lucky to even find the Lincoln Highway marker in Ohio along Route 30.
More adventures to come....until later.
Barb, Jim & Abby.
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