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Re: “K. Dale/ 10/27/28” on the rock shelter wall. This might be your man. He is buried in Big Meadow Cemetery in Lovelock, Pershing County. Obit: “Rights Held for Kenneth D. Dale Lovelock, Nov 29 [1945] Funeral services were held Friday at the Methodist church for the late Kenneth D. Dale, 46...

Hiking through grizzly terrain by yourself... no bear bell, etc... Kids, don’t try this yourself

I too have been enjoying his videos for a few years. I recommend them.

I’d counsel being very careful around mining operations in the western U.S. My first work related encounter with a armed crazy dude was in the Coso Mtns just east of Little Lake along Highway 395. It was 1977 and I was a young U.S. Geological Survey employee doing some seismic research in the...

Craig, are you sure that you haven’t been had? As in April Fools day joke.

Alright, I’m going to retract the last sentence in my previous posts. I just opened my camper door and took another look. There most certainly ARE pry marks at the bend adjacent to the dead bolt.

Like the description in post #1, my door frame also had the “pry mark” from the get-go (I bought my Camper new from the factory). If this damage was “caused by flex in the camper frame” (post #4), and I’m not saying that it wasn’t, then what is the point in replacing the door or door frame? The...

When I took direct delivery from the factory in 2017, my Hawk had (and still has), the exact same pry mark on the door at the deadbolt. And I have heard of others posting this same observation on this forum over the past few years.

Sorry for your loss! Two years ago, I had a bear do similar damage to the door of my South Lake Tahoe cabin (near Fallen Leaf). There was not one crumb of food in the cabin. Sanitary! The bear was just looking for a place to hibernate for the winter. When at my cabin, which is fairly often...

The Applegate Trail, and especially the High Rock Canyon section of the trail are worth exploring if you are into the events of the 1840’s-1850’s in the far west. I highly recommend purchasing the detailed trail guide books published by Trails West out of Reno. They are the group that placed...

In 1977, a month or two after I was hired at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Ca., a fellow Geologist based out of our office, Cynthia Bacon, was attacked by a “predatory black bear” in Alaska. It’s a story worth reading about if you are interested in predatory black bears attacks...

Ski, I follow and enjoy every report of your (and the Mrs) adventure travels. Many/most of them are within my “Area of Operations”. I also wish to forward my “get healed quick” wishes to your Bionic Hiker. She has got to be hard to keep up with. I hope you can return home soon and eat some...

Like Wallowa, I too carry my Maxtraxs in the cab where my rear seats used to be. Less like that they will get “pinched” while my vehicle is sitting unattended. Additionally, if they were to be attached to the exterior of my vehicle, exposed to the intense sun here in the western USA, I’d...

Wavian Jerry can and AT can holder, ~ two plus feet above the bumper, out of the (hopefully) impact area.

Vic, thanks for your post and the NPS attachment. The information that you provided is probably going to help me out when choosing an area to camp in/near DV the next few weeks. John.

Hi Denny. I’d generally look to the west side of Hwy 95 for dispersed/remote camping locations. Much of the east side of the highway is the turf of the Nevada Test Site (NTS). Once upon a time (during the Cold War) I spent some time working at NTS doing some weird science, and their security...

2017 Hawk. I use 3” memory foam on top of the 4WC “brick” mattress. I can leave sheets on this set up when I lower the top, but I do not leave the blankets on this bed when I lower the top. EDIT: I just went out and took another look at my “brick mattress” and 3” memory foam set up. I think...

Craig, how about simply boondocking in the area around south or east side of Mono Lake, Mono Mills, Mono Craters?

Happy Birthday to the boss Lady. Thanks for posting this trip/blog. I think that I have only been on top of Glass Mtn once, and that was in either 1983 or 1984. Myself and another USGS geologist had our pilot carry us and our Geodolite up to the bench mark to shoot lines Casa Diablo, Mono...

Take a look at Westin Automotive’s (westinautomotive.com) “Max Winch Tray”. Part No. for a 2020 F-250 is 46-23905, if I read the website correctly. Anyway, that is the winch tray I used to mount a Warn VR-10 on my 2017 F-150. The tray mounts directly to the truck frame via existing threaded...

I believe that your cowboys were most likely: Franklin Davis “Frank” Paxton, born March 15, 1879 in Oregon. Died June 18, 1955. Buried in Lakeview, Oregon. Gordon Seth DeVore, born October 12, 1888 in Higginsport, Ohio. Died February 3, 1969 and buried in Portland, Oregon. Thanks for...

Just back from a week in northern Nevada (Santa Rosa Range and Eugene Mtns). FYI, the step on the lower right/passenger side makes a great beer bottle opener. But you-all knew that.

I was notified of the EQ earlier this morning. I’m glad it was not epicentered beneath Tonopah. The 3rd floor in the Mizpah Hotel is already out of level enough for this fair weather sailor.

That area, around the Adobe Hills, not far north of Benton Hot Springs, and just west of Huntoon Valley gets these shallow eq swarms every now and then. There’s some uppity young faults out there (my characterization, NOT USGS characterization). Possibly part of the Huntoon Valley Fault system.

I’ve spent most of my life recreating in that area (and still do). My parents took me to Bodie in 1962 and from then on, I was hooked on the region. In the early 1980’s, I worked in and around the Long Valley caldera studying the earthquake swarm that hit the area in the Spring of 1980. Anyway...