Ha! :) Did you ever go to Hawthorne?
I did better than that......
My apartment had no furniture so I went to Mammoth and jewed a furniture store down to 200 for a couch. It was all I had.
I took the couch up to Mammoth Lakes and checked out the area.
Just went back home and gave myself a place to sleep off the floor.
Had a buddy with me that had just spent 3 years at Kwajelein.
My mistake. It was Bishop, CA where I got that couch from. :^)
Tonopah had nothing better than a Sears catalog store. I still have that VCR.