On a Dry Lake Bed Somewhere in Nevada Lori Hibbett and I woke up and packed our camp near this dry lake bed earlier this week. We were in the middle of nowhere, over an hour's drive from the nearest town big enough to have a gas station, but we saw a nondescript white pickup truck drive out onto this dry lake bed. Three men got out and started setting something up. We started driving out the long dirt road back towards the highway, but another white pickup truck was coming down the one lane road, so we pulled over. The driver stopped his truck next to us, and asked if the other men had talked to us. They hadn't. He said that they were doing something for the military and he advised that we not go towards the far end of the lake bed. We asked if he could tell us why. He couldn't. We thanked him for his advice and went on our way. The second vehicle parked at the turnoff from the dirt road to the dry lake bed, as if to guard it. Of course we were curious now, but wh...
