and here is Eastern Nevada and I'm going to spend four hours driving West on 80 to the very edge of the state.
Drew, a couple of things of interest on your journey West.
As you get around the Fallon / Fernley areas, you'll probably find the semis doing at least 75mph, often 80.
When you see the "Mustang" exit from I-80, that is the exit to the "world famous" Mustang Ranch brothel. Lots of history there, ahem. Joe Conforte, founder of Mustang Ranch, originally 3 purchased tracts of land-- right where the County boundaries came together. He put trailers on there and operated a brothel, at least until the County Sheriff got to the point of trying to shut him down. If it got to that, he simply moved the trailers across the boundary and into the other County. Problem solved. County Sheriff couldn't do anything since he was no longer in that County. Plus the Sheriff's problem was "solved."
Many years later he was eventually prosecuted for tax evasion and the Federal Government seized Mustang Ranch but kept it operating. So the Feds were serving liquor and operating a brothel. Somehow they ran it into the ground and it was losing money by the time they sold it off.
Also, in this same area, South of I-80, is the largest industrial center in the world. The Tahoe/Reno Industrial Park. Much of it cannot be seen from I-80, but it is massive. Tesla has a gigafactory there. Amazon, Google and all the other big hitters have set up large operations there. It is fueling a lot of growth in Northern Nevada.
Finally, make sure all the nuts on the RV are tight. Much of I-80 over Donner Summit was recently resurfaced. For some reason, all they did this time is saw cut strips of concrete where the tires make contact with the freeway. Then pour long "strips" of concrete going miles and miles and miles. Except the strips don't match up too well with the original concrete so there is some jostling around as you drive.
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