Rhyolite Train Station
Started the morning in Sparks, skipped the hotel’s usual low-rent breakfast, and drove down to Carson City to eat at the Cracker Box, a longtime favorite. Everything I’ve ever had there was great, but the big draw for me is the fresh-squeezed OJ.
What followed was 300 miles of desert with one giant Army Ammo Depot, three small towns, and a dozen nearly ghost towns. The photo above is from a legit ghost town that is halfway between tonight’s hotel and Death Valley, Rhyolite. This is the town’s train station and is the most well-preserved building there.
On the way to Rhyolite, you pass by the Goldwell Open Air Museum, which is where the bottom two are from.
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- “Tribute to Miner Shorty Harris” who helped found the town in 1904
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- “Icara” was inspired by the Greek story of Icarus.
