Saturday, Oct 8 All but a few miles of today’s drive from Carson City, Nevada to Mammoth Lakes, California was along scenic byways as I was driving south along the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada mountains. To see the route, and the scenery along the way, you can click here for today’s map/video. The … Continue reading Sierra Nevada Scenes
As often happens when you start a project, I found that updating my software took three days, not two. Of course, some of the extra time was spent watching the wild-card baseball games or playing video poker but most was refining and testing the changes I had made before attempting to document a day’s driving. … Continue reading Taking the Long Way to Carson City
Monday, Oct 3 Today was purely travel and was one of the more forgettable days of any of my trips so far. I had not expected great scenery on the journey from Klamath Falls, Oregon to Sparks, Nevada and could not find any stops along the way to interest me but I did plan to … Continue reading A Pause in Nevada
The weather in Barstow was much better when I woke up this morning and so I traveled just a few miles east to visit Calico Ghost Town. This was a silver mining boom town in 1870s that went bust 20 years later but, being in the desert, some buildings are well preserved. The rest of … Continue reading Day 44 – The Desert Starts to Become Scenic