we're hours away from starting our 2 week roadtrip back to my home town, grand jct, colo. the trip is 1k miles door to door and we've done the drive many times over just about every time of the year. we take the loneliest highway in america, aka route 66. there's some interesting sights enroute such as a shoe tree that i have seen morph over time, pony express trails and stations, etc. about 6 or so years back my wife suggested we stop and camp in nevada vs driving straight through gonzo-style. at first blush i thought no way given one could quite literally die in nevada during august if supplies or shelter came up short. long story short this is how we discovered great basin national park which is one of our favorite stop overs. this year we will camp for 3 days at the 10k camp and i'd like to finally summit which is around 13k. the 10k camp is along a creek that comes straight out of the mountain and near treeline. a glacier is visible as well. in nevada. amazing. the camp docents tell us the glacier will be gone in roughly 30 years time. bristle cone pines, the oldest living thing on earth, are also visible. at the park enterance on can also take a cave tour.

we're looking forward to visiting family from both sides of the clan. my family hasn't seen trey since he was a toddler. he's got alot of moxy now so things should be fun this go around with cousins and the like.

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