Surely nobody at the Outdoor Inn would dispense nonsense or BS! In July, Ron (who apparently holds court between 4 and 6 pm daily), proposed to my wife and sealed the deal with a diamond ring presented to her. It was a blank costume band with a dime coin glued to it, hence a "dime-ond ring". She gleefully accepted but when she started asking Ron about his pension and 401(k) balances, he became less interested in proceeding.
The drive on the route mentioned is terrific. Long, steep climb out of Charleston through Coon Creek Summit to Bear Creek Summit and since it was close to 100 deg F on July 11 and since we were towing our 3,000 lb camper, I had to stop and switch on the heater WOT twice to cool down engine and transmission, but that's not likely a problem without the tow.
The descent from Bear Creek Summit into town was entirely banzai--probably 8-10% grade if not more in places and much of the final pitch is shelf road. Thank goodness for functioning low range transfer case and for holding the transmission in low gear. We tiptoed very slowly but safely down the 2,500' drop over just 2-3 miles.
We camped at Sawmill just below town. Took a look at Pine Creek and disbursed sites between town and Pine Creek CG, but most were small and hard by the road, where dusting was an issue. Less so at Sawmill since it's a couple hundred feet from the road.
Lots of fishy looking water in the Jarbidge in the 10 miles below town out towards Rogerson, ID, but we chose not to license up in Nevada given the short stay. We mostly wanted to just go to Jarbidge for a look around enroute between Elko, NV and Ketchum, ID.
Foy