Great pics Dan!!!! Nice to meet you all and your new design is a winner.
What a great time! I'm sure to some it may look like it's really desolate....you're right...it is and it's just wonderful. Temps were in the upper 80's during the day and upper 40's at night. I slept with the door open every night, had some flying critters during the day and some moths at the lanterns at night, but nothing of the biting type. Stargazing was fantastic, 1 night a couple of fighters from Fallon were chasing each other around as well. Coyote's barking, some burros braying, and best of all....no raccoons!
We pretty much took over the campground, had a couple in a little guy drive through from Co. to check us all out. They had met the caravan on the way there.
Lots of incredible eats for sure! Shrimp, prime rib, waffles, Mt. man breakfast, Coal miners breakfast, enchilada casserole, Jambalaya were among some of the entrees...sorry but I can't remember all the others right now. Grant whipped up some great flapjacks this morning with his "secret ingredients". Lots of cooked pork products for breakfast as well. Jerome and Delores made their renowned "dutch oven cookies" and Kevin/ Jerry and Donna had some of their own as well. Plenty of Moose Drool, only took me 2 sips and I bailed and got road rash on a leg when moving the trailer in the dark.
Some made a late night trip to the hot springs. Access was complicated as some people were camped at several of the springs outlets.
Several of us found a secluded place to go and do some damage to a full sized Pirate cut out of Johnny Depp. We had our own "burning man" that evening. We ran through almost 200 rounds of 9MM and 22. A few .38's finally finished off Johnny. We also scared a number of aluminum cans as well.
A highlight for me was to find the black jack table that I used to sit at back in 1977 that was in Claras in the museum. All the original signage regarding the rules that were posted were there as well. It still had the funky old dirty shag carpeting on the base as well.
Jerome picked up some artillery wheels for a new build from Ray Saulsbury's junk yard, and Sue checked on the price of the little standy in his yard....1K...I thought it was a little steep, but she had a visit with him and he remembered her situation. He repaired her car back in the late 70's when she broke down in town and had to sit around for 4 days.
I'd go back there anytime for some camping. Talk about a place to get away from the crowds! This is it! Doug
Not much of a table...but it took my money!
Jack Sparrow...(Johnny Depp) finds he's outgunned against Joanne and a 9MM
Jerome rallied for "Talk like a Pirate day", had some good pirate jokes as well....Arghhhhhh!
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