Northern Nevada has an amazing number of beautiful spots for exploring and camping. I often think that someone looking for adventure travel would find northern Nevada a dream come true. Exploring the outback of northern Nevada often requires driving on very bad roads, following the very thin dotted line roads on the maps, (We...
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Blue Lakes – Glacial Lakes in Northern Nevada
Visiting the National Automobile Museum in Reno
Bill Harrah who built and owned Harrah’s Casinos had a enormous car collection (over 4000 cars). When he died in 1978 most of the cars were sold. But 175 of them became the core of the National Automobile Museum in Reno. It is located right on the Truckee River downtown across from the Reno...
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Road Trip in North Central Nevada – Falls Creek Falls – Jacks Creek – Elko
A couple of weeks ago my husband and I took a short road trip through north central Nevada. When we take a road trip we like to get off the beaten track and follow the back roads. What that means in Nevada is that we often go hours without seeing another vehicle. It also...
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Basin and Range by John McPhee
Every list of suggested reading to learn about Nevada includes John McPhee’s book Basin and Range. Basin and Range is about Nevada’s landscape and geology along interstate 80. People who’ve never been to Nevada often assume that Nevada is one big flat dessert. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Driving across Nevada you...
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Two great snow-shoe hikes not far from Reno
Tahoe Meadows to Chickadee Ridge One of the wonderful things about living in Reno is that there are great opportunities nearby to hike in the summer and go snow shoeing in the winter. Last Thursday I went for my first snowshoeing outing of the winter. My friend Linda had only been on snow shoes...
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Quick trip to Sacramento by bus: Back to Reno the next day by train
I thought about titling this post Sacramento Through the Back Door, a take off on Rick Steves Europe Through the Back Door. My back pack was packed and it was on my back as I got on the bus at the Reno Amtrak station. My oldest daughter lives in Oakland. We recently decided to...
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Washoe County Republican precinct meetings
Saturday I attended the Washoe County Republican Precinct Meeting for my precinct. Two years ago when I attended the Republican caucus for the presidential election there were several hundred people and McQueen High School was overflowing. I would guess that 40 to 50 precincts meet at McQueen High School. There are 261 registered Republicans...
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History of Our Area – Men to Match My Mountains by Irving Stone
I have read quite a bit of American history over the last year. I’ve enjoyed it and learned a lot. But everything I have been reading took place in the eastern half of the U.S. So I decided I wanted to read Men to Match My Mountains by Irving Stone about the explorers and...
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El Tumi Peruvian Restaurant
Saturday night Duke and I tried El Tumi Peruvian Restaurant at 585 E. Moana Lane in Reno. The waitress said they have been open since August. El Tumi has a very appealing menu with quite a variety of dishes and lots of pictures. It was very hard to chose what to try. We finally...
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Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center at University of Nevada Reno
I’ve lived in Reno for two and a half years and there are Reno places I haven’t been and Reno things I haven’t done. I made a list. This year I want to do it all. One place on my list is the Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center at the University of Nevada Reno....
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