DRIFTING---part 2---WHERE WILL YOU SLEEP?

WITH HALF THE DAY GONE---I suddenly decide its time to move on----I've made my decision--I will go to the Northwest.  Within an hour I've bid my new friends goodbye and headed toward Las Vegas.

 Here's the new highway about to cross the Colorado river over that spectacular new bridge.  No that's not it---it's a bit further on.

It's a big disappointment from the drivers seat.  That high wall hides a great view.  To be appreciated you have to cross and circle back a ways.  I didn't---I've seen it.

Outside Vegas I consider staying the night here in a casino parking lot.  I chose to hurry through Vegas.

I select hwy 93 ---the scenic route through Nevada---go out a few miles and settle in here on BLM land.  Free camping.

And because I saw this.  It means I will have phone and internet service.

There's room for hundreds of us but only one shared the area with me--a half mile away.

Shotgun shells everywhere and empty cartridges and bullet riddled targets.  Doesn't trouble me--I sleep soundly.

Next day I'm on to Ash Springs, Nv  where I begin to see murals on the side of buildings like this

And this

and this. 

and objects like this.  I know I'm nearing the famous extra terrestrial highway leading to AREA 51.

I decide to sleep alongside this highway.

I know from experience that out there in a mile or so is an adequate place to camp for the night.

Sure enough, I spot a corral---make my way to it and settle in.  Even here, I have electronic connection.  And Satellite TV is tuned in quickly. 

RANDY PHILOSOPHIZES:  I feel splendidly free drifting across the country like this--not concerned at all about where I will spend the night.  There are jillions of places to camp free in the West.  I have a full set of comforts and I'm in touch with world or out of touch with the world---as I choose.  A million of us do this now and I predict a million more in 10 years.