Nevada Ghost Towns & Beyond

I celebrated Valentine's Day Saturday and the opposite Sunday. Saturday, Hubby and I had a big outing in Reno: WWII Ka-Bar knives, REI chairs for the Jeep and Hobby Lobby Jeep signs and frames for my ghost town maps. Our treat was Chick-Fil-A and Taiwanese take out for Chinese New Year dinner. Sunday my friend Shonna and I had what I deemed the opposite of Valentine's Day. We started ... VIEW POST

I hope you have a great weekend and Valentine's Day. A storm is supposed to hit so plans are on hold. I really want to visit the site I discovered last weekend, but it might be too muddy for hiking ... VIEW POST

Gung Hay Fat Choy! Happy Chinese New Year, Year of the Ox!!! Did you know the Chinese have a long history in Nevada? The earliest record is in 1856, when immigrants dug ditches on the Carson River. In 1860 twenty-one Chinese men lived in the Western Great Basin, by 1880 the population reached 5,000. Dayton had a large Chinese population and was known as Chinatown until 1861. Miners ... VIEW POST