Got back from our little jaunt around Nevada & Arizona yesterday. Had a super time, the Disco ate up the miles - 1700 or so all in. Quite a few pics, so sorry if I'm boring you (FYI I do actually take photo's without my car in as well )
Bonneville Salt Flats - I'll be back in the summer but at this time of year she'd just sink through the crust.
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Ely, Nevada:
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Lunar Crater - Apollo Astronauts used to train here:
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Probably a 1st here - a Disco at a the site of a Nuclear explosion . Project Faultless - the top of the steel pipe used to be ground level:
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Middle of nowhere - Nevada is amazingly empty:
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The Extraterrestrial Highway & Little A' le' Inn
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Black Mailbox - Geeky Sci-Fi types (like me) will know it...
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And another first - the entry to Area 51 (or the 'Nellis Bombing and Gunnery Range'). It's actually really nerve wracking, as you drive up you are under constant surveillance from guards in a pickup on a hill above it (and remote cameras) - cross over the boundry into the base and you're in a world of trouble. We grabbed a couple of pics and off.
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Spot the guards on the hill:
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Driving back out:
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'Alien Research Centre'
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Had to wash the car then - everything was getting covered in a fine dust...
The real town of Santa Claus, AZ. Poor old Santa is clearly a bit down on his luck:
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Getting my kicks on Route 66:
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Sedona, AZ. Great place, lots of trails, super restaurants.
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SWMBO did not like the drop at this part and got out to walk
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A big Cock:
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Glen Powell Dam:
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Lake Powell
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Cheers!
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13th Apr 2012 2:29 am
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Great pics Looks like a fun trip!16 D4 Landmark
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13th Apr 2012 5:37 am
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13th Apr 2012 6:32 am
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Wonderful pictures - thanks very much for sharing them with us.....
13th Apr 2012 6:47 am
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Some great photos there, looks like fantastic scenery
What's this up on the hill?
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13th Apr 2012 7:47 am
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Amazing shots, keep em coming.Displaced Yorkshireman.
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13th Apr 2012 9:11 am
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Not at all jealous, much.
13th Apr 2012 9:19 am
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Great pictures !
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Some great photos there, looks like fantastic scenery
What's this up on the hill?
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13th Apr 2012 10:36 am
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Wonderful photos, what a trip 06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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. Project Faultless - the top of the steel pipe used to be ground level:
(or the 'Nellis Bombing and Gunnery Range'). It's actually really nerve wracking, as you drive up you are under constant surveillance from guards in a pickup on a hill above it (and remote cameras) - cross over the boundry into the base and you're in a world of trouble. We grabbed a couple of pics and 
off.
Looks like a fun trip!
