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 SAT************************************
THOUSAND OAKS ...........................................Steve, Gary & Cat start trip
Boron AFS...........................................................Meet Jim, Tim & Andrew..Cool abandoned Air Force Station & prison
BISHOP................................................................Drop off Jim's truck
Cardinal Mine.......................................................Roads badily damaged. All buildings still good.
*****************************DAY 2 SUN************************************
MINA....................................................................(gas)
Simon....................................................................Some roads badily damaged others are un-usable....Buildings still good
*****************************DAY 3 MON***********************************
Kaiser Mine ...........................................................Little left
GABBS..................................................................Tim & Andrew head home
Park Canyon..........................................................Good Rock Mill in a nice mountain setting
*****************************DAY 4 TUES***********************************
EUREKA................................................................Gas
Belmont Mill............................................................Being Restored...Still good
Mary Ellen Mine......................................................Small mining operation near the upper tram of the Belmont Mill
******************************DAY 5 WED***********************************
Joshua Ward Cabin................................................Found a small cabin, but its not the Ward cabin
ELY..........................................................................Gas
Grand Deposit.........................................................Buildings burned and washed away by flash flood
Ward........................................................................Now abandoned....road blocked just before buildings
******************************DAY 6 THURS**********************************
Silver Bell Mine........................................................Interesting, but small
Minerva....................................................................No Change
Little Boss Mine........................................................No Change
Highwater Mine........................................................No Change
******************************DAY 7 FRI************************************
ELY..........................................................................Gas & Ice
Morey.......................................................................Roads badily damaged...inaccessable
TONOPAH...............................................................Gas
Keystone..................................................................Little left
Mountain View.........................................................Several cabins in mountain setting
******************************DAY 8 FRI*****************************************
Blair.........................................................................Road badily damaged....Building still unchanged
Nivloc......................................................................Road badily damaged....inaccessible
BISHOP..................................................................(top tanks)
******************************DAY 9 SAT****************************************
THOUSAND OAKS...............................................(top tanks)
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ESTIMATED LENGTH OF TRIP...1997... ACTUAL LENGTH OF TRIP...2012
AVERAGE COST PER PERSON....$199 (Jim) $262 (Steve, Gary & Cat)
AVERAGE MILES PER GALLON....14.1
WEATHER....Days 80s to low 90s (cooler with cloud cover) Nights 50s to low 60s Major storms. Rained at Simon