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Belmont Courthouse On the eastern side of the state of Nevada, the Basin and Range region is home to more ghost towns and abandoned mines. Belmont, Nevada was a thriving silver mining town in the 1860’s. After becoming the county seat, a two story courthouse was completed by 1874. The jail portion was located at … Continue reading Nevada – Belmont Ghost Town
Pah’rump is a Paiute expression meaning water rock. Refreshing and stable, this growing desert town is located an hour outside of Las Vegas and provides most amenities that traveling nomads need. With access to desert, mountains, springs and the wild west, there’s always a new day trip to explore. Goodsprings, NV Nevada has over 700 … Continue reading Home Base – Pahrump, NV
Wildfires were burning along the Nevada and California border when it was time for us to leave Dayton, NV and head west into the Sierra Mountains. We were consulting the “Watch Duty” app on our phones almost hourly to monitor the huge Park Fire that was about 50 miles north of our next destination and … Continue reading Old Mines and Ghost Towns – Part 6 – Reno, Verdi and Emigrant Pass
The Wind River Range in the Rocky Mountains is located in west-central Wyoming. The Continental Divide runs along the crest at elevations reaching 12,000 to 13,000 feet. Our base camp in Boulder, WY has an elevation of about 9500 ft. Four huge wilderness areas with a combined total of over 1 million acres, surround the … Continue reading Wind River Mountains
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