wolfe10
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A beautiful drive! We have done it several times on our way west.
There are mountain grades, so you will need to become familiar with using the engine brake and gears to control speed of descent. No big deal, but something you will have to do. Remember, the brake pedal is for slowing down ONLY, not for maintaining safe speed of descent. Use the brake pedal to slow you down enough to downshift to a lower gear that will hold your speed in equilibrium.
Enjoy that beautiful drive.
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bob_b
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One of my fondest memories was the Shoe Tree which was 50 miles east of Fallon NV. Some vandals cut it down several months ago
I wonder if they ever caught them?
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The Texan
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bob_b wrote:One of my fondest memories was the Shoe Tree which was 50 miles east of Fallon NV. Some vandals cut it down several months ago
I wonder if they ever caught them? What a shame, we always got a laugh every time we passed it. Hope they did catch them and threw the book at them.
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big jimbo
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Near the border with Utah there is a small town of Baker, NV. which is just south of Hwy 50. They have a full service RV park. From there you can take a short trip to Lehman Caves and take a tour of some little known but beautiful caves. Also drive up to the end of the road on Wheeler Peak which is 13,000+ feet, but don't do that with the motorhome. We stopped in Baker a couple of years ago and only stayed one night. Would like to spend a couple of more nights there and explore the area a little more. Everything that others have mentioned about the highway are true. Good road and some interesting things to see.
I too will miss the shoe tree.
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radams66
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I spent two weeks driving across that in one day. 
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Grant Lasson
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I did part of this drive last summer--from I-15 to Great Basin NP. It's OK. Great Basin NP has some very steep roads--not for a motorhome. Lehmann Caves are great. Well worth the time to go through.
As for motorhome experience, here goes:
1) Sign up for Coach-Net. They've saved me twice--including my very first trip.
2) Don't head off on a long trip without doing some smaller trips that test the coach as well as establishes your ability to operate it.
3) Plan for a big annual maintenance budget.
4) Go to something like Camp Freightliner to learn about your chassis. There's a lot to learn and most of it is important.
I'm sure I could go on.
Have fun.
Grant
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ArchHoagland
Clovis, CA, USA
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I don't remember exactly where on that route but somewhere there is a big sign that says you are entering the So and So National Forest. There isn't a tree to be seen in any direction. Had to laugh when I saw that.
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SteveInSac
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The Texan wrote:The OP is coming from the east and asked for info on US-50 in UT and NV, NOTHING about California. With the condition of the roads in California, I would not even give a thought to driving in that state. Still finding hidden damage from our last trip north from I-210 to the OR border on I-5.
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kneeman5
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There definitely aren't any trees in the National Forest on US50. The towns depicted on maps along US50 aren't really towns, so definitely plan to keep all tanks and glasses > 1/2 full across NV. Carson City (US50) and Reno (I80) do have plenty of services and facilities available. I80 does follow a river, suspect that is why it transits NV as far to the north of RNO and SLC as it does. US50 is closed in CA over Echo Summit for a couple of weeks for construction in May so check the CA DOT website for its status if you will travel west of NV on it.
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deandec
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We just used Hwy50 Eastbound from CA to Utah. It was a very pleasant trip on good roadway with a one night stay at a local rv park after leaving Fallon, Nv.
The absence of traffic is great unless you dwell on the fact that tow trucks are a long way away.
Dean
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