More Nevada Driving to Tonopah

We headed down 95, skirting Walker Lake, quite large. We passed salt flats and saw our first cactus, a Joshua.

The highway was really interesting.  It was dedicated as a Veterans Highway and marked with green road signs honoring veterans of WWI right up to present, including current soldiers battling World Terrorists.
In the middle of all this sand we passed the Underwater Warfare Department of Nev. How was that in the middle of a huge desert?

We stopped at Tonapah, elevation 6526', climbing most of the day, you felt like you were of top of the world. We stopped at a Passport America Park for $10/night. Believe me, this one is crossed off the list. A million flies as there was garbage strewn all over. We couldn't even sit out and this is the electrical at the site next to us.

Great sunsets though.