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Grimes Point Area

26 Tuesday Apr 2022

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Grimes Point, Nevada, Wonderstone

After seeing the ancient Bristlecone Pines, I wanted to get back to Nevada. Too many people in Owens Valley. I didn’t know that Highway 395 in California was a four-lane road, that Bishop had many stoplights, and that gas stations were in all the towns. I skedaddled back to Nevada and settled in at Lahontan State Park River Campground. So much better.

I drove over to Grimes Point to see a few things I had heard about.  There is a petroglyph site that is adjacent to Highway 50 and southeast of Fallon.  An easy stop.  A five-minute walk and you start seeing petroglyphs.  I was able to leave my old dog in the truck with the windows down and watch him as I viewed the petroglyphs.  

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Mina, Nevada

21 Thursday Apr 2022

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Haven’t heard of Mina?  If not, you don’t watch the USGS earthquake web page.  Last year it was the nearest town to an earthquake swarm of over 200 earthquakes greater that a magnitude 2.0.  There was no major damage that I heard of, but the ground was rocking and rolling for months.    

Above is a snip from the USGS Earthquake web site.  Each dot represents an earthquake. Mina is about fifteen miles north of these earthquakes.

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Tramping Around Tonopah

19 Tuesday Apr 2022

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Nevada

Going south and north were two areas I explored around Tonopah.  I was surprised how much old mining activity I saw when I went north and southwest of Belmont.  The hills seemed to be littered with mining explorations and the evidence of small mines.  Off I went to explore an abandoned mine and surrounding area.

Seen on my way north
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Catch-all Calienta

17 Sunday Apr 2022

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Following are a few miscellaneous items from my time spent around the Kershaw Ryan State Park.

I’m cautious about what roads I drive down.  I look at aerials and I don’t drive a road that I see vegetation growing in the middle of the road.  I ask locals about road conditions.  I read about other people’s adventures.   But sometimes that all fails.  Lots of vegetation can grow after an eight-year-old road report indicating that a car could drive the road.  Yes, technically a car could drive the road, but pin striping results.  There was no place to turn around.  I cringed and laughed.

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Petroglyphs and Pictographs Oh My Oh My

15 Friday Apr 2022

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Nevada, Petroglyphs, pictographs

I discovered that petroglyphs and pictographs are scattered through a large region by Caliente, NV.  

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Nevada Calls

11 Monday Apr 2022

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Caliente, Nevada

After driving through Nevada last year in March, I knew I wanted to return.  I left Seattle the first week of April and had a generally plan to make a counter clockwise loop of the state.  But plans are made to be broken.  A cold weather forecast keep getting colder and the high winds warning area grew and the projected wind velocities kept increasing.  Snow entered into many forecasts.  I ended up at Kershaw Ryan State Park to hunker down for the bad weather.  

The winds are starting.
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Nevada and Going Home

21 Sunday Mar 2021

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Cathedral Gorge, Central Nevada Museum, Chickahominy Reservoir, Historic Mining Museum, Nevada, Pahranagat Wildlife Refuge, Tonopah

I had originally thought that the latter part of March would be a nice time to visit Nevada. I was wrong. I ended up spending too much time reading the weather forecasts and planning my trip around the forecasts. There were two snow storms that came through Nevada when I was at the Valley of Fire. After that I thought spring had sprung and I headed north. But snow, rain, and cold weather (low twenties) kept happening.

Pahranagat Wildlife Refuge. View from my camp site.
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Valley of Fire

13 Saturday Mar 2021

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Nevada, Petroglyphs, Valley of Fire

After staring at maps and checking weather forecasts, I decided my next location would be the Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.  High wind warnings, potential rain for the next couple days, and rather chilly temperatures all were in the forecast.  I wanted to be nestled into the rocks of the Valley of Fire campground protected from the high winds, with power to run my electric heater since my trailer propane heater was on the fritz, and be on paved roads if it rained. The park would be a good place to hang out for a few days with the poor weather.  

Atlatl Campground
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Rhyolite

04 Thursday Mar 2021

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Beatty, Nevada, Rhyolite

I had heard about the ghost town of Rhyolite near Beatty. I stopped to explore on my way to Beatty to pick up material to fix my fender (see prior post). This is not a middle-of-nowhere place, but a nice place to explore and be reminded of how temporary, the man made portion of our life can be. The town started in 1905 and in 1920 the population was close to zero. I often compare these ghost towns to my prior Seattle home. It was built in 1900 and still provides shelter and warmth today.  

The bank
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Kenny Camp

23 Monday Sep 2019

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Kenny Camp, Nevada, Sheldon NWR

I took a walk to Kenny Camp in the Sheldon NWR.  It was an enjoyable walk there.  An interesting look aound, and an enjoyable walk back.  Simple.

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The house.

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