Tuscarora, NV

Went to gold mine ghost town about 50 miles Nw of Elko. Didn't see any gold or ghosts. Just a little town out in nowhere with as few as 15 houses/shacks. Junk has a way of dying gracefully in the desert. The old Dodge truck and stuff stacked in a yard like art were cool. The town did have a post office, tiny though. When I stopped by bar on the way back to have a sandwich and beer. The bartender told me I missed the old smelter, a photographers buffet. One thing that I found that I remembered from my first trip was the fake cow hoof shoes that a local rustler used for 3 yrs to fool the posse. See fake tracks and shoes were cool long before Bigfoot and plaster

Lamoille Canyon

What can I say, Lamoille Canyon is glacial oasis in the middle of the high desert. It,s only 30 minutes from Elko and is a must see. Sunday was hot and windy upper 90's, but it doesn't feel hot like at home, and up the canyon it was in the 80's. It's probably why my nose is so sunburnt it's bleeding. Look close at the brown picture and you can see a blue grouse. She and her babies crossed the road right in front of me. She froze and her camo blend perfect and all I could hear were the little peeps of her 2 chicks. I drove off and let her be. Driving up and down the canyon looking at natures wonders at there best and see a grouse and her chicks makes you slow down and really enjoy the small things in life. I have seen grouse before, but never chicks. I bet that golden eagle I saw the other day would have like to seen them too.

Elko, NV

Here in Elko, NV again. I'm not sure why I like this place so much, but I do. Scenery in top notch, I guess hanging out in an old Pony Express town, standing at the bar like the Duke, is what it is. I know in my younger years when I was riding a horses everyday, this would have been the tit's.The West at it's best. Enough of the past. The Ruby Mtns were as gorgeous as I remembered 4 yrs ago. Even though it's 90+ it doesn't feel like it, other than my burnt, dry skin. The pictures at Harrsion Pass are 8000', snow still present on Ruby Dome. I sat and watched a golden eagle soar around for over an hour. The rock formations looked as they were poured from a mold. The one rock looks like s0 much like an eagles it is why the local Indians called it Eagle Rock. So much, so little time, absorb what I can, forget the rest.

Western trip

Well I got my Elko,NV assignment, however my pal Bub had to stay home. The hotel were staying at isn't pet friendly. I was dissappointed to leave him home as his not getting any younger. He is happy and in good hands which makes me sleep sound. First cool stop was Grand Junction,CO. Grand mesa was cool and went out to see some wild horses, weren't any to be seen,but he landscape reminds me of childhood cowboy movies. The isolated barren landscape is so vast it really makes you feel small. As you can see the Bonneville Salt Flats had standing water. My brother Dennis is right it is globle weirding, no warming. Tawny's coming out in early August and can't wait to show her all the beauty's of the Elko area, Ruby Mnts, Angle Lake, Clover Valley, The California trail, Pony Express route. Too much for this western history buff. I'll be here until Labor Day when I make tracks for Maine to bag me a bear. I've been waiting around in life to "Do it someday", today and everyday from this day forward is someday. At least when I die I'll be to say, "Been there, did that!"