VIDEO : ESSENTIAL TRAVEL because this is America - Land of the FREE

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In spite of what many seem to think (including our wonderful governor Sisolak), there really is a whole lot more to the state of Nevada than just Las Vegas. In fact, a vast majority of it is over 70 million acres of wide open country and where most of the people who live in it, have been purposefully social distancing for well over 150 years. Needless to say, the whole idea of "sheltering in place" or limiting our travel to only what's "essential" seems a bit ridiculous or at least, to us anyway. Also, this is still America, "land of the free" and last I checked, enjoying our public lands is not a crime. And, it is for this reason that Cindy and I have been doing just that - getting out in our Jeep every chance we get and enjoying our great state. To us, this IS essential travel and in this short video, you'll get to see us explore a length of historic super highway, a route that thousands of Americans traveled across on their way to California over 170 years ago. While they didn't have to deal with a Chinese corona virus called COVID 19, they did have a few other little things to deal with like smallpox, measles, mumps, cholera and tuberculosis. Guess they just made them a lot tougher back then. Anyway, I know it isn't much of anything but we hope you enjoy it just the same.


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wayoflife said:
In spite of what many seem to think (including our wonderful governor Sisolak), there really is a whole lot more to the state of Nevada than just Las Vegas. In fact, a vast majority of it is over 70 million acres of wide open country and where most of the people who live in it, have been purposefully social distancing for well over 150 years. Needless to say, the whole idea of "sheltering in place" or limiting our travel to only what's "essential" seems a bit ridiculous or at least, to us anyway. Also, this is still America, "land of the free" and last I checked, enjoying our public lands is not a crime. And, it is for this reason that Cindy and I have been doing just that - getting out in our Jeep every chance we get and enjoying our great state. To us, this IS essential travel and in this short video, you'll get to see us explore a length of historic super highway, a route that thousands of Americans traveled across on their way to California over 170 years ago. While they didn't have to deal with a Chinese corona virus called COVID 19, they did have a few other little things to deal with like smallpox, measles, mumps, cholera and tuberculosis. Guess they just made them a lot tougher back then. Anyway, I know it isn't much of anything but we hope you enjoy it just the same.
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Very well spoken Eddie, I could not agree more. God Bless you and Cindy. Take Care and have fun exploring.
 
couldn't agree more! :usa:

i was thinking we were overdue for a travel log!

now to grab a cold drink and enjoy the video, cheers :beer:

Ripley playing with the door spring very cute...our dog use to use it to let us know she needed out
 
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What could be more socially distant than exploring the Nevada desert...


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Can't wait to watch later tonight.

You are right about people being tougher back then. Of course there was only two options in the frontier, get tough or die.

No one shut things down back then for any kind of illness, or there would be many more problems. If we as a nation don't get back to work soon, we may learn firsthand about some of those problems too.
 
So awesome, thanks for sharing. So many great things about this video, awesome and lucky that you guys caught that train, really cool. Your gladiator is so awesome, One of my favorite things about your videos and trips is all the history.

Oh and I can't wait to see all the YouTube haters giving you hell for being out and using your waiver.

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Wow that’s super awesome loved the cabin and trail Ts. Historic sites are nice to explore and take time to visualize and read about how people used to live and survive in the new world.
Thanks for sharing

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AZVAJKU said:
Thanks, I needed that!
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Awesome! So glad we could give ya what you were needing :thumb:

jeeeep said:
couldn't agree more! :usa:

i was thinking we were overdue for a travel log!

now to grab a cold drink and enjoy the video, cheers :beer:

Ripley playing with the door spring very cute...our dog use to use it to let us know she needed out
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Sorry it took a while to get something up. Been a bit tough with Ripley being so young but she's getting there.

Gadget said:
What could be more socially distant than exploring the Nevada desert...
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Couldn't agree with you more. Wish our governor could see it that way too.

jdofmemi said:
Can't wait to watch later tonight.

You are right about people being tougher back then. Of course there was only two options in the frontier, get tough or die.

No one shut things down back then for any kind of illness, or there would be many more problems. If we as a nation don't get back to work soon, we may learn firsthand about some of those problems too.
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It's a tough thing to see. It was those people who built this country. Today, so many are trying to tear it down.
 
benatc1 said:
So awesome, thanks for sharing. So many great things about this video, awesome and lucky that you guys caught that train, really cool. Your gladiator is so awesome, One of my favorite things about your videos and trips is all the history.

Oh and I can't wait to see all the YouTube haters giving you hell for being out and using your waiver.
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LOL - no surprise, there have been a few but YouTube now has a pretty nifty filter that catches most of them and puts them in a spam folder. I'll have to go through them later. :crazyeyes:

OverlanderJK said:
Looks mighty essential to me. Sign me up for that! Cool video and ripely is too cute.
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You'd like it out there. Just need to get your Jeeps running :thumb:

dcbjk said:
Wow that’s super awesome loved the cabin and trail Ts. Historic sites are nice to explore and take time to visualize and read about how people used to live and survive in the new world.
Thanks for sharing
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So glad you enjoyed it :cool:
 
Great video & much needed too.

My dad always referred to those trail markers as Clamper (ECV) monuments
 
That was a cool video! Can’t get away from people better than that. Ripley sure looks like a lot of fun.


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Couldn’t agree a with you more. Great video. Planning on doing that route. Enjoyed Ripley at the end. Thank you.


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Awesome. Been wanting to plan an explore day of our own.

Were you guys able to do this all in a day trip?

Stay safe. Seems you have the social distancing well under control. Ha ha.
 
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