April 13-14, 2025 Topaz Lake, Nevada

 High of 72 and mostly sunny.

Part of a painted retaining wall in June Lake. The mountain is a topo map. Mono Lake.

The eastern Sierra rising up very steeply. We are now parked at the Topaz Lake Casino RV park, in Topaz Lake Nevada. 

73 degrees so we went boating on the lake. John ahead of me. A pelican on the lake. 

Heading back to the truck. My boat and Topaz Lake. 

Antelope Bitterbush blooming in front of the Lake. Desert Peach blooming near the truck.

Spring color in the RV Park. Welcome to Nevada, Fuel prices in California next to prices in Nevada. Diesel in California is $6.89, in Topaz Lake it is $3.74. Wow. Antelope Bitterbrush blooms, filaree, desert peach, antelope bitterbrush, my feet in the lake. AAhhhh. Another part of the mural in June Lake with topo map mtns. 

I wrapped these three so far with the new garden gate wrap. View from the  Lake View Cafe. while we were having appetizers. 

Sunset was pretty dramatic while we had dinner outside. 

Near the end of sunset a face appeared in the clouds. 

April 11-12, 2025, June Lake, California

 66 and partly cloudy.

Tonopah, Nevada

Road side views in Nevada.

Mammoth Ski area. Driving into June Lake, California

The bus at Golden Pines RV park in June Lake, California. We are the only ones here. There is some snow on the ground, bathroom sign at the brewery, zombie warning and we are going to miss the June  Lake Monster trout contest. 

We are camped right between the two lakes here. Gull Lake. Thanks for visiting Nevada, Welcome to California, fence with fish and squirrels on top, at the maria, children left unattended will be used for bait, leaving Nevada- We miss you already, squirrel in the road. 

June Lake. John with his IPA at June Lake Brewing. I had a sex muffin stout.  We ordered pizza for dinner at the brewery. 

We sat next to these two ladies, Linda and Julie, mother and daughter visiting from San Diego to ski for the weekend. The brewery was après ski for June Mountain and Mammoth Mountain ski areas. Both are still open. We are staying at Golden Pine RV park.

Gorgeous day. John hiking on the trail around Gull Lake. Enormous Jeffery pine cone.

Trail around Gull Lake. 

View of luxury homes across Gull Lake. John on the trail with snow.

Beautiful tree at Gull Lake. I wrapped this today. It is the garden gate wrap I learned this year at the expo. I added one more curlicue and will patina it. 

April 7-10, 2025 Shoshone, California to Goldfield, Nevada

 High of 88  and sunny. 

Red Rock Canyon as we left Las Vegas. We had dinner with Judy and James. Here we are having happy hour before dinner. 

The men cooking. James demonstrated the hypno machine that was in his house when he bought it. This is a vintage item! Didn't hypnotize me. 

It is going to be too hot this week! Time to head north.  Signs for alien's near area 51. We fueled up on $3.39 diesel and two gorillas, enjoying a hot dog in Goldfield. 

Burro standing on the corner in Beatty, Nevada. Goldfield, Nevada.

The bus at Goldfield's Miner Camp RV park in Goldfield, Nevada. John in front of the Goldfield Hotel. It is supposed to be haunted, but it has been closed for years. 

Subway entrances, but no subway. Weird. Downtown Goldfield, NV.

I finished this basket. It is made from dyed pine needles, polyester thread, clay beads from Chile and the center is a piece of slate sandblasted and they painted with petroglyphs. It is 7 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 3 inches. We had dinner outside at the RV park behind the old assay office. 

Old Assay house in sunset. It is an Air B and B now. Sunset over one of many lots with old cars in Goldfield. 

Sunset with what is left of an old building. The waxing gibbous moon rising over the old assay house.