Nevada Ghost Towns & Beyond

It was a pretty crummy weekend and I was still worn out from our vacation. So what did I do? Planed a girl trip of course!😆 I plotted out what I want to see on the drive between Schurz and Tonopah. Not including mines, I ended up with 30 towns. I might need to narrow down my list a little. I'm trying to decide what I want to explore outside of Tonopah, I have 2 full days. I'm torn between ... VIEW POST

We spent our last day in St. George exploring town and Snow Canyon State Park. We drove past the LDS Temple and Brigham Young's winter house but both were closed due to construction and COVID. We drove to neighbor town, Santa Clara to see a miner's cabin moved from Silver Reef. My daughter and I spent our last afternoon hiking beautiful Snow Canyon State Park. The park seemes so ... VIEW POST

Thursday was my favorite day of vacation as the entire family decided to join me. Our day started at a somber location, Mountain Meadows. In 1857 an emigrant wagon from Arkansas was attacked multiple times in the meadows by Paiute's and Mormon Militia disguised as Paiutes. After five days of attacks and a siege, undisguised Militia came forward waving a white flag, promising to end hostilities ... VIEW POST