Trecia and Erv on the Road: Nevada

When we were in Elko we stopped by the visitor's center to see what there was to see and do. This is it. The grounds are full of really old buildings from a 100 years ago. It was pretty neat.

We found out about another westward trail center just outside of town. It was very well done.

The California Trail was a long one. The thing was that all of the adversity made you see the "elephant." This is the trail the Donner party took. The big mistake was they followed the Hasting cutoff and went almost 150 miles out of their way and got stuck up in the Sierra's in the middle of winter.

Inside the museum were several dioramas depicting life on the trail.

The pioneers traded with the Indians.

And of course gold fever was a big part of the trail.

This statue outside the building shows how women carried their babies.

The museum itself.

I remember seeing markers like this as a kid along side of roads. This one is for the California Trail.

We went on in to Reno. Not much to do unless you like casinos. But your dad found the Harrah's Auto Museum. Nice place, we spent almost four hours in there.

This electric car was owned by Andy Griffin.

There is a cute car that one can have their picture made sitting in it. Your dad won.

This is one of the first RV's. You were supposedly to be able to put it on you Model T. It could sleep four.

This one was called a depot wagon. It went from the depot to a hotel. After depot's names were changed to stations it became a station wagon. I learned something new. Doesn't that look like a precursor to the "Woody?"