Every Changing Sky

Last week brought a blast of winter weather our way.

Coming home last Wednesday from work I was admiring the pretty scene ahead of me while driving north on the highway home.

I turned onto our road, pulled over and got out to take some photos.

 

This is looking northeast from my vantage point on our road.

 This shot is looking directly north from my vantage point.

The mountains were lined with snow and the sky was a pretty light blue and gray.

 On the way home, I happened to notice a man off on the side of the road taking photos but I couldn't figure out what he was taking photos of. Well, when I turned around from taking my own shots this is what I saw....and most likely what the man on the side of the road was capturing with his camera.

These wicked looking clouds were forming directly behind me toward the southeast.

There was an angry squall moving over town at that moment and the clouds were ominous looking!

So I had two views to capture in the photos and they were literally taking place side by side as I snapped away!

 

There is a saying we like to use here in Nevada, "if you don't like the weather, wait five minutes and it will change." This is certainly proof of that! 

Chilly October Morning

Woke up to more snow this morning!

It was down right cold too!

Had to break out the winter down vest!

On my way to work, I stopped and snapped a photo of the snow on the mountains around us.

I like the contrast of colors in the photo.

Fall and Winter....dueling!

 

Just a Dusting

Woke up to the sound of rain this morning.

The sound of rain is one we haven't heard for some time.

As I drove to work and climbed up out of our valley, it started to snow.

Just a dusting covered the mountains around us.

Am I ready for winter...not really, yet we need the rain, so I won't complain. (too much!)

Thursday's Things in a Row - Vette Style

 

I missed "rows" last Thursday due to my work schedule.

That schedule had me attending a dinner at a local establishment and when I came out that evening, these three corvettes were all in line in the parking lot. These cars just screamed "take our photo!"

It was hard getting a good shot with my little point and shoot in the low, evening light.

The black vette is hard to see in the shot below, but three vettes in a row there were indeed!

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Thursday's Things in a Row

My "Things in a Row" offerings for this week...

 

Clouds with swirls in a row.

 

 Pretty Fall sunflowers arranged in a row.

 

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Wednesday's Words of Wisdom

Thursday's Things in a Row

I'm giving myself a pat on the back because I remembered to join in with rows this week!

Pat, pat, pat, pat.....

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These shots were taken on our camping trip a few weeks back.

Trees in a row high on a ridge.

The little mountain town where we camped found a unique way to spell out its name on shovels in a row.

The original back-drop from the old stage in the community hall in Jarbidge.

I love all of the old ads and they just happened to line up in rows as well.

47 Miles in 3 Hours

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!