Nevada Ghost Towns & Beyond

For the long July 4th holiday, I headed to eastern Nevada with Nevada Expeditions. Day one was mostly a long drive, but we spent some time around Hamilton and visited Belmont Mill, one of the most spectacular mining sites. Cabin by Pinto I have stopped at the cabin before, once to make a cup of tea for my journey. My local friends did not know the history of the cabin which is on a private ... VIEW POST

Hawthorne is known as "America's Patriotic Home." This amazing town has flags and patriotic themes everywhere and they always fly a Holiday Flag. Make sure to visit the Hawthorne Ordnance Museum and the Mineral County Museum and grab a delicious pizza at Old Nevada Pizza. ... VIEW POST

My sister has wanted to visit Las Vegas for many years, but big cities aren't my idea of fun. I wasn't excited when she suggested we meet in Vegas for a weekend to celebrate my belated 50th birthday. Then I started looking at all the ghost towns we could visit and started to get excited. Throw in excellent restaurants and spas, and it began to look like a fun-filled sister trip. As I was ... VIEW POST

Each year, the Pony Express completes a re-ride between Sacramento and St. Joseph, Missouri. This year, it is going east to west; in alternate years, it reverses. The Pony Express arrived in Genoa this afternoon. It was fun to see everyone loving history. I was hoping to get pictures of them heading up Old Kingsbury Grade, but someone blocked my car in which took an Austin Powers turn ... VIEW POST

I'm back from Thunder Ranch and exhausted! I don't know if I'll write up the trip, but it was amazing. The basic classes were a lot of fun, and this class was fun, too, but in a very different way. HIT was 1800 rounds in 3 days. It was 90-95 degrees with no shade. The head instructor called the class a little early, as everyone was exhausted. I looked down the line, and we all had bandaged ... VIEW POST