We had a peaceful night at the Round Barn and drove about four hours to Water Canyon Recreation Area in Winnemucca, Nevada. It was a boring drive and there were not many diesel stations along the route but we luckily made it to a Maverick station in town. Then we headed to the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) area for some free camping if we could find an empty spot as there are only 10 at this location.
Yea, we snagged a nice spot in a shaded area!
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| A little creek behind our site. |
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| We did a little hiking. |
Al got out his drone and took some photos of our campsite.
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| A good look at our solar panels. The two big boxes at the front and back of the roof are air conditioners. |
We stayed at this site for two nights and enjoyed a little hiking and the cooler weather.
The next day we had another boring drive south to Sportsman Beach campground in Hawthorne, Nevada. We squeezed into a site with no hookups for $3/night with a great view of Walker Lake! In the past we stayed at the Elks lodge in town. The main road hugs the side of the lake and we noticed campgrounds by the lake on a previous trip and made a note to try one our next time in the area. We liked it better than staying at the Elks.
We spent two nights at Walker Lake. Next we drove about 2.5 hrs to Tonopah and arrived at the BLM site and got parked. This is our third time staying at this location. The temps were really nice with a breeze. There were more people here this time (maybe 6-7) other rigs parked here for the night with us.
This was our route from the Round Barn in Oregon to Water Canyon NRA, Sportsman Beach on Walker Lake, and Tonopah, in Nevada. That was five nights of dry camping/boondocking with no hookups.
Next we'll be driving to Boulder City, Nevada near Las Vegas to do a water-ski trip at Lake Mead with friends.
That was a nice view from the drone, we will look into going there in the near future. Thank you for another good post.
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