Journal Entry for Saturday, Apr 22nd

Over the past couples of years I have made four visits to the town of Cold Creek, Nevada, famous for the many wild horses that roam the town, yards and overall landscape. Today I decided to create a new subject category titled, “Wild Horses” to act as a depository for some of the better pictures that I have captured of these beautiful animals. Check it out … Wild Horses at Cold Creek

Journal Entry for Monday, Apr 9th

Follow-up on Carbonite Backup Program Back on February 26th I put up a post about using Carbonite, a “cloud” backup program, to backup all of my photos and other important data files. The only negative thing I have to say about this program is how slow the initial back up is. It’s been a little over a month now, and I still haven’t completed backing up all of my files, though I’m almost there. As of today I have 57,000 files (mostly pictures) backed up for a total of 134 GB. But here is the good news. The other day I was working on editing a collage and saved the new edit without changing the filename, thereby causing the original collage to disappear. In less than a minute with just a few clicks I located the lost file in my Carbonite backup and “poof” it was instantly restored. They even sent me a report (copy below) showing that the file was restored back to its original location. I couldn’t believe how easy it was, no thinking, no converting – just click and restore! By far the easiest backup program I have ever used. LOVE IT!

Journal Entry for Saturday, Apr 7th

Lost City Museum, Overton NV After our hike to St. Thomas on Thursday, we drove to the Lost City Museum in Overton. Today I put together a post on my photo gallery site to provide info on this historical museum. Even though Connie and I had visited this museum back in 2008, I learned even more about the area today. Built by the National Park Service in 1935, it houses an extensive collection of Virgin Anasazi artifacts from Pueblo Grande de Nevada (Lost City). It is even built on the ruin of an actual Virgin Anasazi pueblo and offers a reconstructed Anasazi building that is open to visitors. A later extension was actually built on top of some ruins in order to protect them.  It was established as a place to move the artifacts from Pueblo Grande de Nevada which was going to be partially covered by the waters of Lake Mead as a result of building the Hoover Dam. Check it out here … Lost City Museum.

Journal Entry for Friday, Apr 6th

St Thomas Nevada Yesterday I hiked to St. Thomas, Nevada. This is the second time I have visited this unique spot. St. Thomas, Nevada, is a ghost town in Clark County, Nevada, in Mopa Valley near where the Muddy River flows into the Colorado River. It was abandoned in 1934 as the waters of Lake Mead submerged the town. It is now located within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Fast-forward 73 years to today, and a 9 year drought has provided an opportunity to explore a ghost town. One can relive history as they walk the towns streets, around foundations, walls, and grated cisterns that dot the site, along with numerous alkali-crusted trails branching in all directions. The ruins of St. Thomas are protected by the National Park Service as a historic site. Check out today’s update to my original post here … St Thomas Nevada.

Journal Entry for Friday, Mar 30th

Weiser Ridge Hike (Click image to Enlarge) Yesterday I hiked to the Weiser Ridge area and the site of an old Weiser Gypsum Quarry. This is the second time I hiked to this area and like it a lot. We always are able to find rock specimens containing sea fossils, dendrite and other interesting compositions. The rock in the picture on the left that my hiking partner and I found is a beautiful example of what can be found here. It contained dozens of fossilized sea shells. Unfortunately, it was about 18 inches square and about six inches thick, and weighed way to much for us to carry out. Check out some of the pictures I captured on this hike here … Weiser Ridge and Quarry.