Beginning on August 30, 2008, I embarked on a memorable, two-and-a-half week vacation that ranks among my best vacations ever. It ranks as the vacation where I put the most mileage on my car, about 6,400 miles! While nearly the entire vacation stands out in my mind, some places in particular stand out, such as Golden Spike National Historic Site in northern Utah; the rugged water and lava-carved desert of southwestern Idaho; the Virgin River Gorge of northwestern Arizona; the secretive Area 51 military base in Nevada, which is actually the world's worst kept secret because everyone knows of its existence despite all the government denials; the abandoned Wendover Air Force Base in western Utah; Virginia City, Nevada, which is one of the most famous mining boom towns from the "Wild West" era; and particularly Carson City, Nevada's capital.
On my other travel blog, "In My Travels," I talked in depth about this vacation for 9 months and I could have talked alot more, but I was trying to limit my writings so it didn't get too long and my readers lost interest as a result. Finally, in early June of 2009, I decided to stop writing about this vacation so I could pursue other projects, but this epic vacation is still fresh in my mind, like it just happened yesterday, so I am going to resume talking about it on this blog because there is so much more that I want to say. I will start with my favorite part of the vacation, Carson City. I spent 2 days and nights in this beautiful and historic city and there is so much more that I can say about Nevada's capital city and its immediate area.
Until this vacation, all I had seen of Nevada was Clark County, where Las Vegas is. My travels in Nevada had been mostly confined to Las Vegas and points south, such as the towns of Boulder City, Searchlight and Laughlin, with 2 recent visits to Mesquite, Overton and Logandale, in the eastern part of Clark County. I have now seen a sizable chunk of Nevada and the memories will stay wit5h me for the rest of my life. I will attempt to capture some of that magic in this blog.
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