Yes, it took almost three hours to travel 47 miles of dirt road to reach our camping spot two weekends ago!
The road was winding, narrow and climbed to an elevation of 8600 feet at its highest point!
The Jarbidge Wilderness area sits in the northeast portion of the state close to the Idaho border.
The area has approved Forest Service camp sites that are situated along the Jarbidge river.
We had a large campsite with plenty of room.
The firewood was already there when we arrived, but since there is a burn ban across the state, we didn't have a fire.
The river ran a long side our camp site.
We drove the canyon one day and again it took a couple of hours to make our way from one end to the other, but mile wise it was probably only 30 miles or so.
The canyon is filled with fascinating rock formations!
Can you see the faces?
This formation reminded me of some sort of castle!
This is the view from the Idaho side looking down into the canyon gorge.
The desert landscape is in stark contrast to the trees and vegetation that make up the canyon and wilderness area!
We have a very spoiled dog!
She gets her own camp chair!
She also doesn't like to be cold, so she snuggled in my quilt that I had on top of my sleeping bag!
Hubby did some fishing!
The river is full of rainbow and bull trout!
This photo was taken on top of Bear Creek Summit, which sits at 8600 feet!
It is one of the only places to receive a cell signal!
The vegetation varied from one area to the next!
This area is known for large bands of elk!
In the canyon, the sun goes down by 4:30 p.m. and as soon as it dropped out of sight, it got chilly!
I don't like to be cold, so since we couldn't have a fire, hubby started the propane buddy heater.
The dog and I were heat hogs at that point!
We spotted this very large hornets nest while out on a drive.
After this shot was snapped, several hornets flew along side the truck for a bit!
We spotted deer in the meadows.
Sometimes you would round a bend in the road only to find deer standing in the middle of it!
The road meanders up, up, up and up before it declines back into the flat desert landscape.
There were hidden gems around every bend!
Breathtaking views!
Bands of sheep grazing in the canyons!
Bright blue sky and fluffy clouds greeted us on the flats as we headed towards home.
After the fast paced days of August and the non-stop, on the go weekend of fair, it was nice to get away for a few days! To slow down and step back from life a little bit!
Nevada has some beautiful, hidden gems if you are willing to put some gravel in your travel to find them!
