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Coast to coast: Nevada & California (album 6)

Minersville UT through San Francisco CA

       
    
    
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Last stretch in Utah, 84 miles between Milford UT and Baker NV
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Last stretch in Utah, 84 miles betwe…
 
Monster crosswind all day long
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Monster crosswind all day long
 
Even the old telephone poles have been deserted and left to rot
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Even the old telephone poles have be…
 
Ghost town of Frisco UT in the San Francisco mountains
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Ghost town of Frisco UT in the San F…
 
Frisco
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Frisco
 
Frisco
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Frisco
 
The 3,000-mile point.  Views west, north, east, south
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The 3,000-mile point. Views west, n…
 
A huge dust devil 10 miles away
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A huge dust devil 10 miles away
 
Whew, finally crossing into Nevada...
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Whew, finally crossing into Nevada..…
 
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IMG_2455.jpg
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Connors Pass between Baker and Ely (one of ~20 ranges in Nevada)
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Connors Pass between Baker and Ely (…
 
This was spooky.
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This was spooky.
 
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Masha's first day on the road (Butte Valley west of Ely NV)
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Masha's first day on the road (Butte…
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Laboring across Butte Valley in the southern crosswind
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Laboring across Butte Valley in the …
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Sunset time on Masha's first day.
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Sunset time on Masha's first day.
 
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Climbing up to the Pancake Summit
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Climbing up to the Pancake Summit
 
Diamond Mountains silhouetted against the western sky
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Diamond Mountains silhouetted agains…
 
Pinto summit at midnight.  It's all downhill to Eureka now.
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Pinto summit at midnight. It's all …
 
Between Eureka NV and Austin NV
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Between Eureka NV and Austin NV
 
Beautiful view of our next two mountain ranges (Toquima and Toiyabe)...
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Beautiful view of our next two mount…
 
Antelope Mountain in the background
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Antelope Mountain in the background
 
One more mountain pass left to Austin NV
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One more mountain pass left to Austi…
 
This thing occupied two full lanes!..
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This thing occupied two full lanes!.…
 
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Reese River (actually a little creek one meter wide)
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Reese River (actually a little creek…
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I loved this!
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I loved this!
 
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At the Mt. Airy Pass in the Shoshone Mountains
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At the Mt. Airy Pass in the Shoshone…
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The famous Nevada Shoe Tree
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The famous Nevada Shoe Tree
 
Old Middlegate Station
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Old Middlegate Station
 
Between Middlegate NV and Fallon NV
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Between Middlegate NV and Fallon NV
 
U.S. Navy's Fallon Naval Air Station bombing range
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U.S. Navy's Fallon Naval Air Station…
 
A desert playa (a dried up ancient lake)
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A desert playa (a dried up ancient l…
 
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IMG_2553.jpg
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Sand Mountain dune near Fallon NV
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Sand Mountain dune near Fallon NV
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Loneliest pay phone on the Loneliest Highway
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Loneliest pay phone on the Loneliest…
 
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A river of salt
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A river of salt
 
Salt crystals.
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Salt crystals.
 
I tasted the salt; it was delicious.
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I tasted the salt; it was delicious.
 
The site of 1963 Project Shoal nuclear explosion
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The site of 1963 Project Shoal nucle…
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A salt flat in Salt Wells Basin
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A salt flat in Salt Wells Basin
 
Serge Maryanchik
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Serge Maryanchik