mothers day (lamoille canyon, NV)

today we did our traditional mothers day scenic drive, we headed up into Lamoille canyon in the Ruby mountain range. there are 2 or 3 campgrounds and 2 or 3 picnic areas, and a lot of hiking trail heads on this 12 mile road.

here is a Lions camp at the base of what was a glacier at one time.

got into a little of the snow left

signs said the Lamoille water shed is one of the closest to a natural state

this is called an avalanche shute

water was so clear, and the air was cold. 66 at the base of the mountain, 47 at the end of the road.

this was the end of the road (we didn't have snow shoes to continue on), there was about 3 inches of snow left on the road ways in areas, i am sure if you got on a trail there would be more.

of course i had to hike up it a bit.

California trail interpretive center

Today we were heading out of town to check out one of the outlying areas and ran across this interpretive center about 10 miles out of town.

there was a lot to do but i only took one picture of Christa and Levi packing their wagon. 

move to Elko

I know these are a week later but we were busy.

Leaving Wyoming

Christa view the whole trip

 

monkey on the Bonneville salt flats 

you only have to dig down 1-2 inches to get to water

We hit Nevada, Wendover

We just look like a post but that's monkey on my shoulders in front of Wendover Will

And a sleeping monkey

 

He rode the whole way in the u-haul truck with me