Is it: A. A Sasquatch like creature that the Shoshone believed could capture and eat people? B. The most remote town in the lower 48? C. A law breaking Nevada town, openly defying Nevada law as a PST zone state and operating totally on Mountain time? D. The place to be for 4th of …
That distinction goes to the Bristlecone pine trees, which are found at extreme elevations in the great basin. These trees live pretty much at tree line which is about 10,000 feet in this park. They thrive where essentially nothing else does, and are thought to live for over 4,000 years. Even when they eventually die, …
This is a remote, but very spectacular national park in Nevada on the Utah border. It features desert of course, but also high peaks, 5 distinct climate zones all easily visible from the park roads and trails, a really good cave, and bristlecone pines. The great basin is comprised of most of Nevada and parts …
Remember that old Grateful Dead song? Well, I actually did that, drove a train. (Not the second part of the lyric, just the driving part!) In researching this trip, I found that, in Ely Nevada, you could pay to run a locomotive, so, as a train buff since childhood, I booked that experience and …
If you look at any map of Nevada, US 50 across north central Nevada will be marked as “the loneliest road in America.” Well, after doing some really lonely roads in southeastern Oregon, I wanted to do a comparison. Sure enough, although lonely for sure, it is mostly a marketing tool. You can get …
First stop is Prairie Creek National Park to visit my grove and do some extensive hiking in the park. Many of you have experienced this magical place with me and know that I go there every year. This year, I went earlier in hopes to see rhododendrons blooming. Well, I guess they are late …
This driving trip takes me from the tallest things on earth to the oldest things on earth. And lots of interesting stuff in between! We will start with a visit to my redwood grove in northern California, and then work our way across to far eastern Nevada to Great Basin National Park, home of …