Finishing Nevada

Passed through Dayton (the first gold strike in NV). Virginia City & the Comstock Lode are nearby. They stripped the forests to near zero for building etc. So the forests you see now are young.
Stayed with another wonderful wam shower host- Jodie Scott in Carson City Tuesday night. She did a few XC bike tours. Wonderful to meet her & play with her kitties.
Weds. Was short on miles, but a long haul up Spooner Pass to Lake Tahoe. It is gorgeous! Tomorrow will be beach & water day...no biking.
Rate the state-
Roads- okay, but another state with unpredicable shoulders.
Drivers- not great, or maybe it was just the heavy traffic we had on the western end of the state.
Scenery- a lot of barren hills & wide empty valleys till we got to Tahoe. Like other desert states you have to be alert for the beauty. Glad we had the truck & could skim some of it.
Wildlife- new bird- Stellers Jay. Jackrabbits, supposedly bear & elk.
Casinos big & small- even in a convenience store