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Nevada : Black Rock Desert
1. Arrival in Black Rock Desert, immense area that a part, the “Playa”, is without any vegetation.
2. Rain and snow have turned up the Playa area in deep mud, prohibiting VivaLaVida to venture there.
3. Contrast is beautiful with the snow on the mountains around.
4. A source allows some “cotonwood” to display fall colors.
5. Playa extends over almost 35 miles long and 20 wide.
6. Jackson Ranch.
7. Funny sign at a junction in the middle of nowhere…
8. VLV has gone through this rather deep ford..!
9. Wonderfull lazte afternoon light over Pahute Peak…
10. Difficult to show you how the track was slippery and muddy…
11. Last rays over Black Rock Range.
12. I arrived at night at Double Hot Spring what doesn’t stop me from enjoying a relaxing bath under the stars. 😉
13. If you bathe in a tub, it’s that in the above source itself the water is 172 F… A little hot to bathe!
14. Black Rock Desert’s Playa…
15. VivaLaVida adventures despite the risk of getting bogged down…
16. And changes in mud transportation! 😀
17. A little further, there is that. 😉 One of the most beautiful hot springs I discovered, a real natural pool almost heart shaped from this angle…
18. Here’s Black Rock Point, this black hill which gave its name to the desert.
19. I camped overnight at this beautiful hot spring, not without enjoying relax baths in evening and morning.
20. Black Rock Point adorn itself in orange, the moon rising above to wish good night to the only spectator of the place I am…
After this short tour of Northern Nevada, I headed to Utah to go meet a friend with some adventures that I will tell you soon… 😀
Transit trough Nevada
On my way to Utah, as usual I made a few detours, still in Oregon and then in Nevada.
1. I approach the site of Diamond Crater while the sky becomes dark.
2. Panoramic of a secondary craters with VivaLaVida (left) giving the scale.
3. The main crater or what remains of it after a big explosion. Last erupted 17,000 years ago.
4. The showers continued but hardly wet the soil.
5. The next day, snow replaces rain over 4,000 feet elevation.
6. Small house in Demio, North Nevada.
7. The sky is constantly changing as the temperature drops to 35 F.
8. Atmosphere is beautiful despite the gloom.
9. Then VivaLaVida tastes snow…
10. At the very end of the day, while the perturbation is nearing its end, a ray illuminates the mountain…
11. … that will only last a moment.
12. The next morning, mountain tops are white.
13. … and the track turned into a morass!
14. Short stop at Trevo Hot Springs.
15. I arrive at the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, a small village that smells good Flower Power time.
16. A garage winking the Swiss Gerlach. 😉
17. Local saloon…
Discovery of the Black Rock Desert soon here…
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