This weekend was a little of everything. Each day brought a new aspect of Nevada history. Friday Friday was dinner in Virginia City at the yummy Cafe Del Rio with Stan Paher, author of Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps, followed by his presentation of ghost town photos at the Fourth Ward School Museum. Built in 1876 the school taught over 1,000 students grades 1-9 with the last class ... VIEW POST
Recent Ghost Towns & Travel Updates
The Three Amigos or The Three Stooges?
Travel Update: Full post to follow The Three Amigos ride again! Sometimes it was more like the Three Stooges, needless to say I was dubbed Curly. I spent a fun day with friends Shonna and Austin, of Nevada Expeditions fame, in Pershing County. We are all different in age and background but united by a love of exploring and history. We went with a great group of Jeepers to Humboldt City ... VIEW POST
Galena, Nevada
Galena is a ghost town that shows you don't have to go off-roading to explore history. On the way home from Reno from a doggie eye doctor visit, I had no idea there was such a thing, I swung past the ghost town of Galena. The 1860s former town site is in a beautiful housing development interspersed with the forest. The freeway and shopping malls are a stone's throw away from this little ... VIEW POST
Escape to Alpine County, CA
After weeks being cooped up with smoke from the Tamarack and Caldor fires I was getting antsy to explore. I think my family was more than happy to have me get out for a while before I drove them crazy, or worse yet, made them do laundry. Hubby asked what I wanted to do for fun. If I had told him I wanted to go Labor Day shopping he would have been shocked. He never blinked an eye when I ... VIEW POST
M.G.L. Mine, Nevada
M.G.L. Mine and Mill was the last stop on a winter day I spent with a group of explorers in the Nightingale Range. Dave, our trail master for the day, led us from Nixon to Nightingale Mine, Alpine Mine, Lake Winnemucca, ending at M.G.L. mine. The day was long and challenging for me. We encountered steep inclines, slopes covered in mud, boulders, tight passages and shelf roads with huge drop ... VIEW POST
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