Skiing in Nevada by Curtis Fong “The Guy From Tahoe” Miracle March? March Madness? During this past month the Storm Door finally opened and Mother Nature brought winter back to northern Nevada… Gotta hand it to Punxsutawney Phil! And, as I write on this first full day of Spring, a Winter Storm Warning is posted […]
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Skiing in Nevada – Miracle March? March Madness? - by Curtis Fong “The Guy From Tahoe” Miracle March? March Madness? These were terms that locals used this past month when the Storm Door finally opened and Mother Nature brought winter back to Lake Tahoe and northern Nevada… Gotta hand it to Punxsutawney Phil! And, as I write on this first full day of Spring, [...]
Skiing in Nevada : A Ruby Mountains Heli-Experience - Ruby Mountain Heli-Experience is celebrating its 41st year of operation and the horizon continues to look brighter than ever. Joe Royer had a vision in the early 1970’s while traveling back and forth between his home in San Francisco and where he spent winters as a ski patroller at Snowbird, Utah — he saw that [...]
Elko Correspondence – April 2018
Spring Gardening Aquilegia Rocky Mountain Blue, one of scores of beautiful perennials available at Colorscapes nursery in Lamaoille. The snow is melting, the ground is thawing, and it is time to head outside and do a little gardening. My favorite place for plants and gardening supplies is Colorscapes in Lamoille. Marvel Clyde has been operating [...] Continue ReadingEly Correspondence – April 2018
History and Art with Laura Rainey Stop by Garnet Mercantile or the White Pine Public Museum and you might be fortunate enough to find artist Laura Rainey at work sewing and beading custom moccasins. Laura Rainey sewing custom-made buckskin moccasins “We always sewed,” she said, in between signing in visitors to the museum where [...] Continue ReadingLas Vegas Correspondence – April 2018
Vegas has a little bit of everything going on in April! Did you miss the curling event in Las Vegas at the end of March? You are in luck! It’s not over! The World Curling Federation’s Men’s Championship is being held through April 8th at The Orleans Hotel & Casino in their arena. The event [...] Continue Reading
Railroading in Nevada
Railroading in Nevada
Coming Soon: Nevada Railroad Video Gallery Nevada Northern Railway | V&T in Virginia City | V&T in Carson City Nevada Southern Railway | Nevada Railroad Museum | Railfanning Sparks: A Town of Two Times by Wendell Huffman Sparks was created in the early 20th century as part of the Union Pacific Railroad’s modernization of the [...] Continue Reading