The towns in ALL CAPS are listed as locations to obtain required supplies. They are not ghost towns.
This is the Actual Trip.
*****************************DAY 1 SUN***********************************
THOUSAND OAKS to BISHOP ....................................Top tanks & pick up Cat
Sylvania............................................................................ Excellent mill
*****************************DAY 2 MON***********************************
TONOPAH....................................................................... (gas)
Longstreet mine.................................................................Not much left
Old Page Place.................................................................Pump still works
Tybo...................................................................................Still Occupied
Troy....................................................................................No change since the fire years ago
*****************************DAY 3 TUES**********************************
CALIENTE........................................................................(gas)
Delta mine..........................................................................Several buildings
Haley mine.........................................................................Several buildings
Deer Lodge........................................................................Several buildings.
*****************************DAY 4 WED***********************************
Modena.............................................................................Occupied (explored hotel)
Stateline.............................................................................No change/ good mill
PIOCHE........................................................................... (gas)
Atlanta.............................................................................. Lots of equipment (and a guard)
Little Boss mine...............................................................Lots of buildings
******************************DAY 5 THURS*********************************
Minerva..............................................................................Buildings and military half tracks
Highwater mine..................................................................Buildings, mine & water
ELY................................................................................... (gas, food, ice)
Tippitt.................................................................................Occupied part time
Sprucemont........................................................................Buildings falling down
******************************DAY 6 FRI***********************************
WELLS.............................................................................. (gas)
Linka/Conquest mines.......................................................Nothing left
AUSTIN............................................................................. (gas)
Grantsville...........................................................................Mine is now very unsafe
Nearby Ranch....................................................................Several buildings
******************************DAY 7 SAT***********************************
Gem mine............................................................................Some buildings/Excellent mine (found dynamite)
BISHOP..............................................................................(top tanks)
******************************DAY 8 SUN***********************************
THOUSAND OAKS...........................................................(top tanks)
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ESTIMATED LENGTH OF TRIP...2174... ACTUAL LENGTH OF TRIP...2195
AVERAGE COST PER PERSON....$178 (Cat) $221 (Steve, Gary & Laura)
AVERAGE MILES PER GALLON....15.4
WEATHER....DAYS mid to upper 80s NIGHTS 60s
ROADS...Poor, Fair & Good
OBSERVATIONS...Good weather (a bit warm at times) , Antelope, Elk, Coyotes, Wild Horses, Bear