October 2022 This past October we did a five day drive cross country. Almost 2500 miles, saw beautiful scenery along the highways from northern Nevada thru Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and finally to Georgia. The cross-country drive east starting along America’s loneliest Road Highway 50 is spectacular, wide open, and way out…
Tag: Nevada
Wildlife caught on camera
December 2021 Video compilation of local wildlife at night during a week in December a few days after a snowfall.
Salt Lake City to Reno
February 2021 Been experimenting again with my GoPro9 camera’s TimeWarp mode. This time on a Delta Airlines flight from Salt Lake City, Utah to Reno, Nevada. I attached the camera to the plane window with a suction cup mount and recorded the ride out of Salt Lake City. It’s a short 4 minute film and…
OctoBEERfest 2020 Ride
Off-roading in Nevada and California
Merry Christmas!
Finally got the time lapse video I’ve been trying to get for a while with my GoPro. Sunrise Christmas morning in Nevada, Merry Christmas to all! Cheers!
Stargazing in Nevada
Dec 2020 The star of Bethlehem was visible this week for the first time in nearly 800 years. The “star” is made up when the planets Jupiter and Saturn align just right to appear as a single very bright star. This is the star that the wisemen followed that famous night on Christmas Eve to…
Mt Patterson Off-road Ride, Nevada/California
September 2020 Met up and went for a ride in Nevada a few weeks ago with a bunch of friends out to Mount Patterson in Nevada/California where we rode 85 miles up, over, and around the entire mountain. The ride took us thru spectacular aspen and pine forests, lots of creek crossings, Lobdell Lake, a…
New website for Topaz Ranch Estates
I made a website to use as a resource for Nevada Topaz Ranch Estates residents and visitors to find local restaurants, services, and events. Check it out – http://www.topazranchestates.com or topazranchlife.com
Numbers Fire, Gardnerville NV
July 9, 2020 Yesterday my buddy Gary drove us off road up to nearby Bald Mountain to to check out the Numbers Fire east of Gardnerville Nevada that has been burning out of control for a few days. While out on the trails he led a fire crew in their truck to the right road…
Monarch Fire Ride, Gardnerville NV
Went for a ride with a few buddies to check out the Monarch fire burning a few mountain ranges over near Gardnerville Nevada.
WOW 2020, Nevada
Weekend on the Walker 2020. Memorial Day weekend off-roading adventure and camp out by the Walker River on a working cattle ranch in Nevada . Check out the movie I made covering the three day event and rides…
Walker River Ride
February 2020 While out in Nevada last week my buddy Gary took me for an offroad ride in his new Polaris XP 1000 and show me a route to the Walker River where I could do some fishing.
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