My wife, my mom, dad and I took a few days to head up to the Great Basin area of NV. This was one of the best trips of my life. My parents have been taking me to areas like this since I was a little kid but now I really appreciate it. We went to very remote and historic places that get very few visitors a yr. BTW, Great Basin National Park is the least visited Ntl Park in the US. It shouldn't be, it is absolutely amazing.
I can't begin to tell you what a blast we had and the pictures don't do this beautiful, unbelievable, place justice. It is really fun going with my parents. They are like walking, talking history/geography books and know more about the old west than anyone I know.
Just a few of the places we saw were Pioche, Eagle Lake, Ward land site and the Charcol Ovens, Great Basin National Park, Lehman Caves, tons of wildlife including but not limited to, elk, deer, wild turkey, antelope, and bald eagles. We drove on lonely roads and didn't see another car for hours. We looked over valleys that were carved millions of yrs ago and still have areas that the human foot has not walked on.
I would take me a week to write about this trip so I will cut it short. People with kids need to expose them to these places. I think it makes them better people and they will apreciate this wonderful land we live in.
These are just a few of the 1100+ photos my wife and I took on our trip. Yes that is snow on the ground in some of the pictures. Early in the morning there was about 4in everywhere.
Cathedral Gorge
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Changing Fall colors in Snake Canyon in The Great Basin National Park
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Keepin warm by Snake Creek
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Wheeler Peak
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100s of miles of beautiful open country.
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Wild Turkeys.
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The open road. You could literally take a 2hr nap on this hwy and not worry about getting hit...LOL
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Road on the train in ELY. Unfortunately the steam engines were being repaired but my dad and I got to ride in the cabin of the Diesel/Electric Locomotive. Very cool.
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My Pops.
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