Nevada Ghost Towns & Beyond

Travel Update: Full Post to Follow Our most interesting stop on a Nevada Backroads trip was two old mining claim on Jungo Road. We visited Sawtooth Mill and an unidentified mining camp on Jungo Road. There were multiple mine tunnels around the properties. Luckily I wasn’t the one to find the dead rattlesnake! The strangest thing was a rocked in out house! With an access door under ... VIEW POST

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