Berlin Icthyosaur State Park - Part 2

The next day we woke up and hiked for a bit around the park.

Berlin Icthyosaur State Park - Part 1

After Jarbidge, we drove home and got cleaned up and replenished our supplies.
We also picked up kyotopunk and headed out into the desert heat towards
Berlin Ichthyosaur State Park which is in the middle of the Nevada Nowhere.
The temps were pretty rough over the last weekend here, soaring over 100° before
sunset. The old Trooper experienced some severe vapor lock while ascending some
tough hills out there in the heat. Yeah, she needs some serious upgrades.
As we got closer, and the sun started to set, the snakes came out.
Here I am with a nice big gopher snake found on the road. (Photo by JASHawk13)

EXPEDITION JARBIDGE: Part 4 - Goodbye Paint Job

Yeah, the trail we took in the morning lead us back north along the Bruneau River. It was
one of the coolest trails I have ever been on but the parts near the river were severerly
overgrown. But, you reach a point were there is no turning back, and since the VX already
had a considerable amount of trail rash, I said to hell with it, and pushed through.

EXPEDITION JARBIDGE: Part 3-B - Holy Trail Rash!

After Bear Creek Summit, we kept driving and exploring. We took an off shoot and
ended up going off the main road and up to one of the most beautiful spots
I have ever been in Nevada.

We parked, ate lunch and then started hiking. Here we are taking it all in.

EXPEDITION JARBIDGE: Part 3-A - A Very Full Day

On Tuesday we woke up and went for another exploritory trail ride. We went to the end of
the road out of the campsite that take you across the Jarbidge River several times. The trail
was very easy and worth it for the nice scenery.

EXPEDITION JARBIDGE: Part 2 - Mormon Cricket Paste

In the morning we woke up, rolled up our dusty tents and pressed onward toward Elko.
We hit Elko pretty early and ate breakfast.  We then stopped at Wally World for some last
minute supplies, topped off the gas tanks and then turned north. About an hour or so
out of Elko we started seeing the swarms of Mormon Crickets (or more accurately,
the Shieldbacked Katydids).  In some spots there were so many on the road the carnage
created a thick paste of bug juice all over the ground.

The drive up from Elko and off onto the dirt trail that would take us all the way up to Jarbidge
was gorgeous. This part of Nevada does not look at all like the rest of the state. Rocky
out-croppings, streams, and lots and lots of green make up this majestic part of the west.

(Photo by JASHawk13)

EXPEDITION JARBIDGE: Part 1 - The Dust Bowl

Last week Jim and Tom came in from the Chi for a week of camping and hanging out. Time
flew by, as usual, and now the fun is over. It was very nice to spend so much time away from
civilization. The following seven or so posts will take you through the week...

Day 1: We left Reno around 4:00pm heading straight into NV via I-80. We wanted to get an
early start on the trip so we didn't have to cram so much driving into one day. We made it all
the way to Winnemucca before we decided we should pull off and camp somewhere for the
night.

We exited east of town and settled on this spot: