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Desert / Ghost Town Trek #41

Northern Nevada and Southern Idaho Ghost Towns, June 2016
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Mountain City, NV. Mostly ghost, some occupied buildings.
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Old hand cranked cash register dumped on the floor inside the abandoned store.
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14 Jun 2016 48
North into Duck Valley Indian Reservation, rock jumbles appear.
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14 Jun 2016 60
Old relics at Miller Creek on the fringes of Owyhee, NV, transitioning into volcanic country.
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14 Jun 2016 61
The NV ID borderlands, now a vast prairie
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14 Jun 2016 49
First town in Idaho is Riddle, ID. The sign merits its own gas station symbol.
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This is Riddle, ID. Essentially just a gas station that looks abandoned.
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There is an open sign in the window and one of these old pumps works. Considering this is only the second gas station in about 150 miles from Elko to Bruneau, they probably sell some gas to happy customers.
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About 40 miles later, the abandoned Grasmere, ID.
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14 Jun 2016 56
Rambling on dirt roads again, we find a government facility that is an empty fenced area with a sign that says NO.
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14 Jun 2016 49
Skirting around this, endless prairie to the horizon.
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14 Jun 2016 60
Rambling along Broken Wagon Road in the Blackstone desert for an hour, we transition to buttes and alkali.
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14 Jun 2016 53
In the distance is CJ Strike Reservoir, where the Bruneau River (that we are trying to find) meets the Snake River.
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