We are back in Tucson

Anne-Marie and I were on the verge of driving to Salt Lake City to visit our daughter and family, but a call from her Thursday morning changed our minds.  A foot of snow, snowing now, and more to come, not counting that there were over 150 auto wrecks in the Salt Lake City area.  The extended forecast for their area was promising more of the same, so we traveled south and back to Tucson.  I bought a set of tire chains for the van, just to get out of Northern Nevada. but we didn’t need to put them on. 

We spent three nights in Las Vegas, and two whole days in a casino was just too much for me, one day is all that I really needed. 

The wildlife count for the trip is 20 wild horses, and 20 burro’s, all in small groups.

The town of Goldfield Nevada has a lot of history, there was 20,000 people living here in 1907, and now there are 268.  A fire destroyed most of the town in 1923, but many of the stone structures remain.  This is the Fire Station, with an old fire truck displayed on the Main Street.

The downtown area has several places where the residents have placed old trucks and equipment to attract tourist interests.

Anne-Marie was able to take this picture while we were driving.  A rugged mountain range, with the snow highlighting ridges and valleys.

This wrecked plane is next to the highway, just outside of Beatty Nevada.  Anne-Marie was able to take this picture through the front window of the van, but being the best picture of the plane, we weren’t aware of the red building in the background, being the Angle Ladies  Brothel.  I only discovered the use of the building after zooming in on the plane to look at the stickers and signs , and I saw that the building has a red neon Open sign in the window.

The trail camera was working for the week and it caught the normal group of Javelina, and Coyote, as they passed through, but a new visitor was this Roadrunner.  The Roadrunners are hunters like hawks, but primarily stay on the ground.  They sometimes stay in one place for several minutes, but this one  got in just one picture, and then he was gone.