Nevada Ghost Towns & Beyond

Bodie is a spectacular ghost town, one of the best you will ever find. People from all over the world visit Bodie State Historic Park, yet very few venture beyond park boundaries. My friend and Aurora and Bodie area expert Rick and his brother Bryan led me on a twenty-four-hour tour of locations rarely visited. Blanchard Toll Station Monday night, I made my first night run from Hawthorne ... VIEW POST

I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather. The Three Stooges were supposed to have their last outing before Larry, or is it Mo, moves. Insert sad, crying face. Shonna was, needless to say, overwhelmed preparing for her new adventure, so Austin, Nevada Expeditions, and I decided the weekend was too beautiful to not get out. Austin and I explored the lesser-known locations of the Comstock ... VIEW POST

It's not often I can say I had a fantastic week; it will be hard to top this weekend. Wednesday I met my friend Dwayne of Dwayne's World at South Lake Tahoe to go out photographing. I suggested Tallac Historical Estates, which is spectacular in the fall. Tahoe has been a retreat for the rich and famous for close to one hundred fifty years. Tallac Resort became popular, and ... VIEW POST

I spent a beautiful fall weekend exploring ghost towns in Alpine County, California. Sunday, I attended recovery training; the ongoing joke was wench vs winch. Alpine County ghost towns I can't believe how beautiful the weekend turned out. We had two separate wind storms Friday and I chalked up the weekend to a loss. I woke Saturday to clear skies, calm winds, leaves still attached to ... VIEW POST

Thursday was a pretty day for a drive around Carson Valley and Hope Valley. Fall colors in the eastern Sierras are on display. Good thing I went when I did, a storm blew in and all the leaves are probably in Yerington. After losing fellow soldiers at Tragedy Springs, a Mormon battalion arrived in 1848 and named the valley "Hope Valley as we began to have hope". The hi-light of my ... VIEW POST