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:

HOLY CARP

The bird has landed. We had an awesome day with Phil and Lawrence. They stayed for dinner
and it was a blast to visit with them and talk cars. Great guys.

Now, onto the important stuff...photos of today, thanks to kyotopunk for taking the photos,
making dinner, cleaning up, and just being uber helpfull all day long while I dealt with the
whirlwind of the end of a 7 year ordeal to acquire my dream car....well, what will eventually
become my dream car.

My first glimpse of a real Aussie Falcon with my own eyes...

A few quick pics from last weekend...

San Fran, once again, for the dolly stuff.  Here are 5 things that caught my eye:

Loco Moco On The Bridge.  Japan Town is one of my favorite things about San Fran.

Scorpio