Wednesday June 25, 3.6mi/5.8km
Lamoille Canyon (1082.3/6410ft) to Lamoille (1085.9/5890ft) (NV)
I slept in later, since I only had an hour to hike and nothing in town was open until 8am. It was a pretty quick roadwalk on a warm sunny morning.
There’s only two restaurants in town and only one of them is open for breakfast. The cafe is a rustic little place.
It was actually a pretty good breakfast and I love any place that has rye toast.
I hung out at the cafe until almost 10am, since that’s when the post office opened. I went next door and got a couple of packages, my new insoles and also a food box.
The third box was not there however, and when we checked the tracking number it apparently had been misdelivered to the location in Elko. So my new darn tough socks were at the PO in Elko. A guy in line behind me overheard my dilemma, and offered to drive me into town, about 30 minutes away. Amazing. I was planning on heading into Elko anyway since that’s where the Amtrak train is, and now I didn’t have to hitch. He dropped me off directly at the Elko post office, I got my socks, and then walked the downtown area.
The first time I was in Elko it felt a little sprawled and crappy, but this time I was in the downtown area, which is actually pretty nice. Lots of artwork everywhere.
Many people I talked to had recommended the Star restaurant, so I went there and was amazed by the quantity of food.
Basque food is quite delicious!
My change of plans was to continue my hike in a different direction. I was basically finished hiking Nevada, and if I continued hiking North through Idaho, I would probably hit wildfire season in the most remote forests of the state. So I decided to hike Idaho in the southbound direction, which means I’m taking various means of transit to go from Elko, Nevada to the Canadian border of Idaho. I’ll hike all of Idaho southbound and then reconnect to my steps here in Elko, probably by late August. After dinner, I walked a mile across town to the Amtrak station.
The train arrived at 9 pm, and it will take me to Salt Lake City at 4am, where I will then catch a flight to Spokane WA, and then a bus and a ride to Idaho.
Goodbye for now Nevada, I’ll be back.