Berlin Icthyosaur State Park - Part 2

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




A view of the Icthyosaur  building as we hiked toward it.


Fence.




The Ichy.  The building was locked but we could see through the window. Unfortunately, the Ichthyosaur
fossils looked like nothing more than a pile of rocks, so it was slightly anticlimatic.




After the hike we ate lunch and then headed back to Berlin for some more photos in the daylight.












After that, we drove out and north to the little town of Ione, NV.  Talk about a backwoods, chainsaw massacre
type spot!








After that we all were drained from the heat and ready for some relaxation at the campsite.

Funny thing is, when we got there, we had the ENTIRE campsite to ourselves. We were the ONLY ones
there.  And sure enough, 2 more parties arrived on Saturday, and guess where they decided to camp?
Yup, you guessed it, RIGHT NEXT TO OUR SITE.  The rest of the camp sites were empty.  So why?  Why
did these people decide NOT to camp on the other side of the park where there were SEVERAL empty
campsites far from ours?  We told a park ranger about his and he said, "Yeah, we see it all the time, it's
called the "herding mentality".  WTF?  If you have a "herding mentality" why the hell are you camping
in the first place?  Try a football game or a bar! >:(  Oh well, we had fun making fun of the people around
us and  in the end it was quite entertaining.

Linda and the cheap fisheye.










As the sun started going down, kyotopunk and I decided to take a drive and look for snakes.








As luck would have it we came upon another Gopher Snake on the road.  I was really
hoping for a rattle snake or at least a species I have not seen before, but I will take
the gopher over nothing.




This is my favorite photo of the weekend.


The sunset.


After sundown Tom and I went for a trail ride in the dark.  Much, much fun.