Continuing the morning...
After the balloons were mostly done in Reno, I headed over to Virginia City. The town has retained much of its Old West flavor.
I guess some people died shortly after large gambling losses.
Perhaps I can afford this one.
For me, it is fun to find splashes of color and growth in a dry, difficult environment.
A good deal?
I'm not sure which is more interesting: The old truck, the man, the skeleton in
the window with its legs crossed, or the miscellaneous "stay away" messages.
I took a little train ride on the Virginia & Truckee Railroad to learn some history and see past and present gold mines.
Yes, there still is some gold, and other minerals, in them hills
Old gold mine
Strolling down the street as we returned
At noon, they had a short parade through town. I am not sure if they do that every day, every weekend, or just that one weekend. The parade included camels promoting the upcoming camel races.
Are they dressed up for a parade? Or is this business casual for their legal Nevada
business?
I had read about their camel races. And those sounded interesting. I was hoping it was a distance race through the desert area there. I was a little disappointed that it was a company from Kansas that had brought in animals and the racing setup. But it was still fun to watch. It was my first time to see something like that in person.
Riding an ostrich can be quite difficult.
Zebras too!
Virginia City Camel Races 2011 - Surprise Ending 1
Virginia City Camel Races 2011 - Surprise Ending 2
Despite nearly zero sleep the night before, I felt pretty good. I spent the evening over at Dayton State Park and had a nice relaxing evening. After lots of rushing the past week, I was ready to just sit for a few hours - and backup over 1,000 photos.
This is dry land.
After seeing a little lizard, I was more diligent than normal to keep the tent zipped
up.
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