Leola's tricky back kept her off the bike today, but Duane, Brock and I enjoyed a short 60-mile ride, starting on US50 on the right, turning north (right) on 341, turned south on old NV395 at Reno (not pictured at the sharp bend at the top), picked up US580 and then US50 back home.
NV341, here called The Comstock Road led us into the Virginia Mountains.
We wound our way through a couple of old mining towns:
Silver City
then Gold Hill with its mixture of modern homes
and old mines, their tailings (mounds of discarded gravel from which the gold or silver were removed).
We stopped in Virginia City, the location of the original Comstock mine.
The town is built on four different levels, with houses on upper and lower streets,
and the main part of town in the middle. The town reflects the original mining town as much as possible (for tourists). Numerous mines were located on the hills/mountains surrounding the town, but the Comstock Mine was located in the valley at the bottom of the townsite.
We parked and walked down the board sidewalk
to the Visitor's Center.
The boys bellied up to the bar and received information on the sights and tours available. We will be making another trip here soon to spend the day exploring these opportunities.
On north we went
climbing up to almost 7000' as we wound around the twisty mountain road
then town on old NV395 around this mountain and ending up on the other side of the one just the other side of the guard rail.
as we twisted down that side we were treated to views of Reno as it spread across the valley floor. In this view the city center and some of its larger casinos are in the distance.
The further south we went the road became straighter, but still scenic.
I580 joined us up with US 50 and home.
A nice ride on a beautiful sunny day.
Louise and Duane
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