Dry and dusty Winnemacca road

We are in Winnemucca, the town made famous, and the road aptly described (dusty) by the Johnny Cash song “I’ve been Everywhere”. We of course had the song on replay as we rolled in to town, in search of a Starbucks(it’s been at least a year of drinking coffee everyday and given Starbucks are the most ubiquitous coffee shop it seemed like our best bet). Would a town as small as Winnemucca have a Starbucks? I was holding out hope since up until recently Starbucks were opening inside existing Starbucks to keep up expansion.
As we hit the greenery, houses and water of Winnemucca Sasha gleefully asked,” is the desert over now?” Jakub replied, “No this is only an oasis.” An oasis it was because instead of a Starbucks (yuck) we found Delizioso Espresso, complete with checkers games, great biscotti and, as the name promises, delicious espresso. Added bonus of an internet connection which is how we were able to post this blog. All is all, the perfect morning stop before we more desert.
The desert….well, what is there to say, it is certainly an interesting landscape (for the first few miles) but when travelled from Reno to Winnemucca all I could think was, they should relocate San Quentin prisoners (ohne prison) to that stretch of road, that seems like punishment enough.
Okay, the sugar cookies have kicked in so let me sum up the rest in one short paragraph. We rolled in to a Subway in some small town, had a foot long between the four of us, on the grass near the train tracks. The sun was setting, there were June bugs out, birds hunting them, the air had that warmth that you only get in the desert. After our brief pause we drove for another hour to dry patch where we pitched the tent in the dark to the hum of generators.
The morning brought Sasha searching at 6 for his pants, losing the car keys and waking me for aid in both plights. Jakub and Jonas slept peacefully while Sasha and I checked out the bass rising. We (okay I) took a quick swim, the boys did a little casting and we were off. Signing off from Delizioso Espresso in Winnemucca, Nevada.