Morning broke with sunshine and a slight breeze making me extremely pleased, however when I took my first load out to the bike, I was struck by how chilly the air felt. It was a brisk 30 degrees! I broke out the gerbing gear and connected my dual controller to the bike and unconnected the GPS. The darned thing had been near worthless so let it suffer being discharged. I got my bad motel coffee while I packed up the bike and was out in the morning air around 8ish, early for me!
Rhyolite is not quite like any other ghost town that I have visited. Sure there are the old ruins and the tales but I have never seen a another ghost town with an artist’s interpretation of the Last Supper, but here in Rhyolite lives a rather amazing sculpture by Albert Szukalski. One of two. The other is called Ghost Rider and both are both whimsical and a bit eerie and created in 1984. They are joined with other symbolic sculptures of vast size and placement in this ominous desert terrain. More information on the outdoor sculptures can be found at Goldwell Open Air Museum.
Icara 1992 by Dre Peeters
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