NEVADA GHOST TOWNS & BEYOND

My teens were so excited when I told them we would have a family fun exploring day. Just kidding, they reacted as you would expect from teenagers. The complaints, moans, and groans were first class. I don't get it; since I was a toddler, I always had to be going somewhere. My mom tells the story of not being able to find me or her keys. She finally located me in the garage, sitting in my ... VIEW POST

Travel Update: Full Post to Follow This week I explored the infamous Forty-Mile Desert, a notoriously barren and challenging passage. Consumable water was not available for a forty-mile stretch from the Humboldt to Carson Rivers. By 1850 the Forty-Mile Desert was already dotted with 953 graves and thousands of animal remains. Mark Twain wrote, "It would hardly be an exaggeration to say ... VIEW POST

I avoided Virginia City for years, thinking it was only C Street, stores, bars, and tourists galore. However, there is more to explore beyond these things. So much of the time, you will have history to yourself, and you will not see another person in the Comstock Lode. Instead of lunch out or on the trail, we decided to start our day with breakfast at the Cider Factory. I had a delicious eggs ... VIEW POST

Sunday hubby and I drove south of Smith Valley through Hoye Canon. The road follows the Walker River-Sonora Emigrant Trail, established in 1852, to attract emigrants from the Carson River Trail to the Gold Rush town of Columbia. Hoye's/Rissue's Bridge was constructed in 1872 in the canyon on the busy Carson to Aurora road. The bridge was disassembled and moved to the canyon's mouth in 1873, ... VIEW POST