Nevada Ghost Towns & Beyond

I started the weekend early. It’s 9 am and I’m in the eastern Sierras above the Marine Mountain Warfare Training Center. So far today I learned when a retired Army repelling instructor tells me a hiking trail is easy, didn’t listen to him. . And to watch our for cougars. We are headed to Chemung to catch the fall aspen leaves. And hopefully a few more ghost towns outside of Bodie. ... VIEW POST

Fletcher Station was built in the 1860s by H.D. Fletcher. During the Aurora and Bodie mining boom the station served as an important way station or "switching station" where teamsters and stagecoaches could trade out for fresh horses. The Fletchers also raised and sold fresh produce, frogs and fish from their ponds. Fletcher was located on the crossroads of two major routes. The Carson to ... VIEW POST

What fun things did you do this weekend? Saturday, my 13 year old and I worked on haunted Carson Valley. Most tales of haunting at the Genoa cemetery involve children so we explored the grounds looking at headstones. My daughters summary of the day was "We went looking for old dead kids". She always loves a hunt and has a unique sense of humor, but she refused to go into the haunted jail ... VIEW POST

A deer visiting the ranch this morning thought he was hiding from me. Everytime he looked up and saw I was still there, he went back to his “hiding” place. ... VIEW POST

My weekend ghost town plans didn't work out so I found other activities. Friday was a bear hunt and fall color photo shoot with good friend and photographer Dwayne Hicks. Sunday was wheeling in the Sierras with friends Stephen and Dave. I don't have photos of the bad section of the road because we were too busy hanging onto the Jeep It was the most challenging road Rubi and I have driven, ... VIEW POST