Hawthorne, Nevada

We have been looking around the area of Hawthorne as a possible place to land between our camp hosting positions since it is almost exactly in the middle between Phoenix, AZ and Crescent City, CA.  We are checking out the different property prices and services offered in the area. Hawthorne is a very nice small town.  We were disappointed that there are no fish in beautiful Walker Lake. (click to find out why!) We plan on heading back to California tomorrow. Will let you know where we land.

Vegas Baby!

 



Steve in his dress uniform



Our son, Steve, is in the Marine Reserves and doing his 2 weeks active duty in Las Vegas collecting Toys for Tots.  He won't be back in Phoenix until December 22 so we decided to have a little road trip and visit him for the evening.  It was a quick trip but the drive was nice and we did get to see the Pawn Stars location.  We love watching that show on TV but we were sure disappointed in the shop. It is basically just a location for filming and most of the stuff for sale were expensive trinkets, cups, shot glasses and t-shirts with Hoss and Chumley's pictures on them. 

Diesel $100
Motel Room $100
Pawn Stars $0
Seeing our son Priceless



Shoe Tree

Today is our second day of travel on our trip to see the states.  We made it to Lake Almanor last night. Tonight we are staying a very nice (free) BLM campground on the Loneliest Highway 50 halfway between Reno and Ely.  We passed an odd sight today called the Shoe Tree .  We had to turn around and get a picture. Those dangling things that look like moss hanging off the tree are hundreds of pairs of shoes tied together and twisted together hanging off the tree.  Tomorrow is an early start and hope to hit Utah.