DonTom
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DonTom
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It was cold around the 6,800 foot summit up to Virginia City today. Lots of snow seen on the ground, but not on the road.
Here are some photos of Virginia City:
DonTom
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And here is a photo of a Virginia City Cheesesteak I had for lunch here while I was slow charging my Energica motorcycle for free at the VC Courthouse:
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DonTom
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And here are some photos of Lake Lahontan (change scale with the "+" to see better).
And a wild horse in the same area:
And a wild horse in the same area:
DonTom
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One of my ten is a 2017 HD RoadGlide Ultra (photo taken at Lake Pyramid<near Reno>):
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DonTom
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More VC photos:
DonTom
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I like the wooden sidewalks like ya see in the old days.
Have you ever been in that museum in the picture?
No boats on the lake. Are they allowed?
What's that thing at the back tire of your motorcycle?
Did you buy some Jerky to bring home?
I like the mountains in the background on the Sherrif car pic.
Waving at you! @DonTom
Have you ever been in that museum in the picture?
No boats on the lake. Are they allowed?
What's that thing at the back tire of your motorcycle?
Did you buy some Jerky to bring home?
I like the mountains in the background on the Sherrif car pic.
Waving at you! @DonTom
DonTom
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I think so, but a long time ago. Tom & I did just about everything possible in VC including the VC to Gold Hill train ride.
Yes, but the lake water was way too low until recently. I walked out to the middle of the lake the last time I was there before yesterday. Yesterday was too windy for small boats, but the water looked deep enough at the boat ramp. I took those photos from one of the boat ramps, so obviously boats are allowed. There is no fee for the park or to use the boat ramp there on Hwy 50. There are other parks around the lake that have fees
That is my motorcycle helmet on a locked cable, so I do not have to take it with me.
Nope. But I have had it there before.
-Don- Reno, NV
Guess you are getting some rain? Good to hear out there.
Oh, now I see it.
That sounds fun. I love train rides.
DonTom
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I just found a photo of Lake Lahortan the last time I was there before yesterday, in late Oct 2021, from the same boat ramp (and this was just after a very heavy rain!) :
DonTom
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Here, we get more snow than rain during the year. I was very surprised how much water there was in Lake Lahortan yesterday. Perhaps a lot of snow melted since then, because we didn't get that much rain. In fact, last January was the driest ever in Reno.
I heard about that when I was in Florida!
-Don- Reno, NV
@DonTom Look at this: 4/4/2022
www.newsweek.com
A California man discovered an extremely rare seven-foot-long Vietnamese blue beauty rat snake curled up on his couch.
California Man Discovers Huge Rare Snake in His Couch
"You would be more likely to find a Rolex sitting on the ground than you would a snake like this," snake catcher Alex Trejo said of the 7-foot snake.
www.newsweek.com
A California man discovered an extremely rare seven-foot-long Vietnamese blue beauty rat snake curled up on his couch.
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DonTom
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Today, I took a ride to Rock Lake. Mostly covered with snow. Higher than 10,000 feet elevation.
-Don-
Tom's Place, CA
-Don-
Tom's Place, CAPretty picture. Is the snow gone by Memorial Day?
Old_Crow
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We hope so, the campground up there is supposed to open the weekend before.
I was up there a week ago and the melted area on the lake was around 1/3 the size it is in that pic, so it's going away slowly.
DonTom
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At 10,000 feet elevation, snow can probably happen any time of year. In Reno, at 5K' elevation (my houses are/were a bit higher than the rest of Reno) we had HEAVEY snow one year on July 20. I think that was year 2002, around 20 years ago.
It can also be 100F. on the same day a year later.
I remember many years ago, I had a motorcycle ride planned in the mountains for Memeorial Day. Before the web days. But my weather scanner said, "snow at 3,000 feet and above". I had a hard time buying it and went anyway. THe funny thing was, the snow started exactly at the elevation sign for 3,000 feet.
-Don- Tom's Place, CA
Kirk
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We lived in Cheyenne, WY at 6,000' elevation for 18 years and I drove about the area doing service calls. One June 14(easy to remember as it was Flag Day) I started to pull on to I80 to head west to Laramie for work and the road was closed due to snow! We had received about 6" of snow in town the the pass to the west was closed until late afternoon.
