Drove from Seattle to Las Vegas years ago. Three little kids in the mini-van, before the days of GPS. I’m not sure if we even had a cell phone. (20 years ago.) Plenty of food and water and stuff.
There was a road that went by some old volcano cone but still continued in the approximate direction as the main two-lane road. It quickly went from gravel to dirt. I bet we were on that dirt road for 4 hours or so. Never saw another car or house until it turned back to gravel.
Saw the old volcano, and I don’t recall my wife complaining too much. A memorable trip. Really stupid in hindsight, so glad it worked out.
Hah. I bet there were even street signs out on that dirt road. That was one of the funny things about the dirt road we were on in Arizona. You’d pull up to a crossroad intersection, and there’d be road/direction signs. Absolutely nothing in sight for 360°...almost a lunar landscape. Just weird.