NEVADA GHOST TOWNS & BEYOND

Travel Update: Full Post to Follow Truckee Railroad Tunnels, Chinese Wall of the Sierras and Donner Pass Petroglyphs. After the hike we exploring historic Truckee. Chinese Wall of the Sierra Donner Pass Petroglyphs Visited 10-25-2018 ... VIEW POST

Travel Update: Full Post to Follow Stewart Indian School. The school was open from 1890 to 1980 and attended by Washoe, Paiute and Shoshone tribal children. Indian schools in the US have a mixed history, but I feel it is important to remember both the good and the bad. You can learn more at the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum. I was told bricks were used as a ... VIEW POST

Travel Update: Full Post to Follow Super fun day! Grimes Point Petroglyphs, Sand Springs Pony Express Station, Salt Wells, Fairview, Summit King Mine and my favorite, "Nowhere Nevada"! Sand Station was so difficult to photograph! It's the first time I wish I had a drone or was 20 feet tall! We beat the wind storm in the morning, but hit it coming back. The Petroglyphs is one of the ... VIEW POST

Travel Update: Full Post to Follow Weekend visit to Pyramid Lake. I have flown over but never visited. It was a fun but cold day! We saw The Pyramid, Indian Head Rock, Popcorn Rocks a tufa formation, Guanomi Mine and Ladder Fishing, something that is apparently unique to Pyramid Lake. 12-17-2019 ... VIEW POST

Travel Update: Full Post to Follow 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 And watch out for cougars. 10-16-2020 ... VIEW POST