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A cool thing about Nevada is that there are more ghost towns than occupied towns. Most are really old mining town relics, but there is one that is relatively new. Coyote Springs. This thing was supposed to be a resort community with a quarter million people about 40 miles north from Las Vegas. The only thing that ever got constructed though was a big, beautiful Jack Nicholas golf course. After that it was deemed that there was no way to get an amount of water there that would be sufficient for a community of that size, so they pulled the plug. But to this day they still maintain and operate the golf course.

There might be one town over 1,000 people within a thirty mile radius, I mean this place is out by Area 51. It is remote. There are no hotels to stay at. Just a spectacular golf course out in the middle of the desert, out by where they used to test H-bombs. I suppose you could park a motor home out there for a few days and dry camp, while you play the course a handful of times, but that's about the only way that you are playing it.

Kind of crazy, really. If they are going to operate this golf course, then you'd think they'd just dial it back to like ten thousand people thereabouts, and have the golf course be the center piece of a small resort community, flanked by a couple of casino hotels or some such. Nope. Just a random golf course out in the middle of nowhere, with no houses nearby.

How many Tudor's Biscuit Worlds are there within a 25 mile radius of Beckley WV?

You can never have enough Tudor’s, lol.  There are several around here.  We have one here in Fayetteville. The owners live in my neighborhood, next street over.  Can’t beat those biscuits.

Speaking of fast food, has anyone else noticed the demise of the dollar menu? Now it's called the "value" menu and it sure as sh!t hard to find anything on it for a dollar. 

I had to go see a customer this week and hadn't had Wendy's in a great long while, and there was one right before getting on the freeway so I figured I'd give it a shot. I always used to like the 1/4 lb double stack growing up off the value menu, and it's not as laden with toppings as other burgers so I figured it would be easy to eat while driving. That thing isn't even called a "1/4 lb" double stack any more, so I don't even know how much beef is used, and it costs $2.89. Some "value"...

Browns inlet... the barrier island between me and the ocean is an impact area for the marine corps... 14 mile run from my home dock... 28mile round trip and burn 10.4 gallons of fuel running 35-40mph and 3500ish rpm...

90ish degrees... cold beer. Tunes. Chow. Good book.  Family.. pretty private shoal...

Life is good.

Based on the pictures I'd thought it was china 

I know Beckley a bit, there isn't much around it north or south to get a bite to eat off the turnpike.

I used to drive that way from Cincy to Raleigh back in the day.

The turnpike was only two lanes.

I think now it is where the toll portion ends. So there really isn't anywhere to stop between Charleston and Beckley because they try and keep you on the freeway in through there, for the most part. Then you finally emerge into Beckley, and it is time to gas up, drain the lizard, and grab a bite to eat. 

There were a few times that I bypassed the toll portion and instead went through Montgomery, which is a nice drive along the river. That route takes you out by the New River Gorge, which is a scenic spot. But it adds an hour or so to the trip. More, if you stop to look at the gorge. 

Attempt #2 at cutting the boys' hair... Much better than the first attempt. They actually look like someone mildly competent did it this time lol...

A cool thing about Nevada is that there are more ghost towns than occupied towns. Most are really old mining town relics, but there is one that is relatively new. Coyote Springs. This thing was supposed to be a resort community with a quarter million people about 40 miles north from Las Vegas. The only thing that ever got constructed though was a big, beautiful Jack Nicholas golf course. After that it was deemed that there was no way to get an amount of water there that would be sufficient for a community of that size, so they pulled the plug. But to this day they still maintain and operate the golf course.

So they skipped step #1 in building anything with people out west?  Hmmph.