Plan A for the weekend was to check out some lakes off of Highway 88 per Darryl's advice. But the weather for the area called for snow, so we went to Plan B. Dirty Dog was headed to Blackrock Desert and the weather report for the called for scattered thunderstorms. Chukar Hunter's description of the loop trip there really caught our attention. We left after work on Friday and camped a little short of Gerlach on a side road off of Highway 477. It rained off and on during the drive, finally stopping about 9:30 that night. We took that to mean the constant rain was done.
It started raining again about 5:00 Saturday morning. We gassed up in Gerlach before heading up Highway 34 and the Soldier Meadows Road. The attendant there said we would be fine as long as we stayed on the main road. The rain continued steadily and the road was a little slick as we headed in, but easily driveable. Two wheel drive was probably good enough, but we left it in four wheel drive for peace of mind. Along the way we met a group of 10 vehicles heading out. Four of them had Four Wheel Campers, but I never got a shot of any of them. Doh!
Soldier Meadows Road.
Along the way was this interesting monument.
As Chukar Hunter mentioned, locations that cross the Emigrant trail are marked and have quotes from diaries that refer to the location.
Around noon we made it to Soldier Meadows Guest Ranch which was converted from an old Calvary fort. We took a few pictures there and moved on.
One of the original fort buildings.
It started raining again about 5:00 Saturday morning. We gassed up in Gerlach before heading up Highway 34 and the Soldier Meadows Road. The attendant there said we would be fine as long as we stayed on the main road. The rain continued steadily and the road was a little slick as we headed in, but easily driveable. Two wheel drive was probably good enough, but we left it in four wheel drive for peace of mind. Along the way we met a group of 10 vehicles heading out. Four of them had Four Wheel Campers, but I never got a shot of any of them. Doh!
Soldier Meadows Road.
Along the way was this interesting monument.
As Chukar Hunter mentioned, locations that cross the Emigrant trail are marked and have quotes from diaries that refer to the location.
Around noon we made it to Soldier Meadows Guest Ranch which was converted from an old Calvary fort. We took a few pictures there and moved on.
One of the original fort buildings.