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Food Poisoning Served at Burger King, Tonopah Nevada

Burger King, Tonopah Nevada
Photo doesn't show exactly how filthy this place is.

Good and Bad Traveling Through Nevada

For the last four years, we have been traveling south from Davis through California and into the most northeastern portion of Arizona to provide workshops for the students of the Dine′ College.  

Every visit has been enjoyable.  However, since we are traveling thousands of miles—and we are members of the well-seasoned club—we tired of driving the same highways.  

Driving through the Mohave, staying in Barstow and driving the arrow-straight Highway 40 was making me very cranky.  And no one wants to see me cranky.  Consequently, we decided to change it up by taking Highway 95 north through western Nevada and connecting with Highway 50 west for our return trip. 

Our First Stop

After seven hours of driving through a colorful, mountainous northern Arizona, we settled into a roomy oasis in Boulder City, Nevada.  (Review) With this, mostly, pleasant stay, I had high hopes for the remainder of our return trip to California.  Unfortunately, this was not to be.  Nevertheless, my impression of Boulder is positive.  It is rocky, hot, but beautiful, especially when looking out over Lake Mead, which our motel did.


A Long Painful Trek

The next morning, we set out too early for our “free” breakfast—one of my major beefs with this Quality Inn.  Evidently, management banks on travelers skipping out before 7 am when they slowly parcel out their packaged fare.  “No worries,” I thought.  I figured that we could grab some Starbucks coffee down the road and later stop in Tonapah for a late breakfast.  Not typically a “fast food” person.  I will stop at a McDonald’s for their Egg McMuffins sans the cheese.  Yum. 

Imagine my despair when we white-knuckled our way through Las Vegas commute traffic, to find ourselves on a two-lane, semi-filled desolate highway through more of the same type of desert we avoided in California, only to find that McDonald's moved and left we, hungry travelers, with the only viable option—a Burger King inside a truck stop.  Yikes!

Breakfast that gave me stomach poisoning.

I should have known when I bit into a cold ham and egg croissant.  Staved, I risked two more bites before tossing it while declaring that I may have to stay near a restroom for the remainder of our journey.  Yep.  So true, as I quickly became very ill.  The only positive was that mine was a light case of food poisoning.  Even so, I had stomach cramps for the following four days.

Word of Advice

Please try to avoid driving the entire length of Highway 95 through Nevada.  There were very few restaurants, very few gas stations, and only two (that I found) rest stops.  If it is unavoidable, take your own food and beverages.  Fill up before entering the long stretch between Las Vegas and Minden / Gardnerville.  Finally, when faced with a cold sandwich that should be hot, do not eat it!

Good journeys to all! 

What are your experiences? 

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