Carson City, Nevada: Railbikes

September 22, 2021 The Virginia and Truckee Railroad offers a railbike excursion into the Carson River Canyon from its Carson City, Nevada depot. We thought it would be a unique way to celebrate Jane’s birthday.

Oregon Sunstones

September 11, 2021 Sunstones are a calcium-rich variety of labradorite. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) allows for the non-commercial collection of sunstones from its property in the Rabbit Basin about two hours and seemingly hundreds of miles of dirt Read more

Lakeview, Oregon: Fires

September 8-9, 2021 The drive from Eugene to Lakeview was very smoky. We could see smoke rising as we settled in to our campground and learned that the Cougar Peak fire had started from an unknown cause September 7, the Read more