Part 43 here Behind our hotel there was a Tonopah Mining Park that we were going to check. Silver was found in the area by Jim Butler in May 1900, when, as rumor has it, his mule ran away. Being…
Sabbatical 2016. Mizpah Hotel
Part 42 here In the evening Andrey tried to book a room for the next night in the Tonopah’s Best Western where we’ve stayed during our winter vacation. We liked that place, but today all rooms were booked. And I…
Sabbatical 2016. Extraterrestial Highway
Part 41 here After about two hours of driving from Las Vegas to the north, we noticed the Extraterrestial Highway sign. Before 1996 it was ordinary narrow highway with the boring name Nevada State Route 375. However people told the…
Sabbatical 2016. Las Vegas, Nevada
Part 40 here After camping we decided to head to the south, through the corner of Arizona to Nevada. Our Tundra required a regular service, so we decided to stay for a day in Las Vegas, to see the city…
Sabbatical 2016. Temple of the Sun
Part 39 here Following our plan, we were heading to the middle of Utah, but before that we went to an interesting place. It was Mars Society Desert Reseach Station, where the imitation of living in Mars is created. We…
Sabbatical 2016. Utah Rocks
Part 38 here In the morning we visited the Four Corner monument first and than headed to Utah. While driving we noticed a sigh some ruins, an ancient Indian village was here a very long time ago. Pueblo Indians lived…
Sabbatical 2016. Royal Gorge Suspension Bridge
Part 37 here First american explorers found the Arkansas river in that beautiful canyon back in December 1806. In 1906 three railroad companies joined together to build railroad tracks along the river, that solved a big problem with transportation. In…
Sabbatical 2016. Cripple Creek & Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad
Part 36 here When tour to the mine was ended we went back to our car. While heading to the hotel we noticed an appealing advertisement, saying that here we can ride a narrow gauge train.What an attraction! Of course,…
Sabbatical 2016. Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine
Part 35 here Today we would like to visit one gold mine in Colorado. In the end of 18 century Mollie Kathleen Gortner and her family, consisting of husband and two kids, lived in Colorado Springs, CO. In 1891 Mollies…
Sabbatical 2016. Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
Part 34 here One of our little travelers didn’t feel well in the morning, so we decided to stay in the hotel for one more night, to let the kid rest well. By the way, we liked that hotel a…