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North America » United States » Nevada » Great Basin NP June 21st 2017

We had to get up earlier than we had been and made sure we all ate a good breakfast. We had a Cave Walk to attend. There are several caves in the Great Basin National Park and 2 have ranger-led walks. One a 1-1/2 hour walk is more difficult and children under 5 are not allowed. As our youngest is only 4 we had to opt for the 1-hour walk which accepts people of any age. The cave walk meets up at the Lehman Visitor Center. Lehman is the person who discovered the caves and capitalized on that discovery. The grandkids were really excited as they have been in Lava Tubes but not a cave. https://www.nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/lehman-caves-tours.htm After entering the cave we passed by the original opening. Wood stairs were built for people to access. Now there ... read more
The Music Room
The formations are red in color.

North America » United States » Nevada » Great Basin NP June 20th 2017

Like all of our National Park visits, this one started at the Visitor’s Center, picking up Jr. Ranger booklets and learning about the park. Kids had looked at the displays and we all watched the film. The Ranger gave us good info on some hikes that would be easy but nice. The Ranger also gave us some info on nearby cave tours, but we’d need to get tickets online. We got up late but we needed to go where we had enough internet service to get tickets for the caves. We had to go back to the Visitor’s Center to finally have enough service. After driving back to the RV to get our Senior Pass info necessary to purchase the tickets, and picking up firewood, we were finally ready to hike. There was a short trail, ... read more
Budding Photographers
A stream

North America » United States » Nevada » Great Basin NP June 19th 2017

We were anxious to see Great Basin National Park, and we were looking forward to doing a little hiking and relaxing. There were only 3 camping sites left at the lower campground, 2 of them pull thru. We grabbed one and the other 2 were gone quickly. There are only 12 or so in the lower campground. There is an upper campground but we found that we liked the lower better. Our campsite had lots of shrubs, tall grass and small trees so we had lots of privacy in the camping area. A strip on the side by the road had the same, and the pull thru was long so that we were separated from other campers on both sides. The campsite was perfect for kids to play. A small area of dirt was perfect for ... read more
The Campsite

North America » United States » Nevada » Great Basin NP July 27th 2012

Hello! I hope you will enjoy seeing domestic travels as well as international, because believe me there is just so much going on here stateside that just can't be passed up. Last weekend Mom and I headed south on 93 to see some of the pictographs and petroglyphs that Lincolnd County has to offer (read more here: http://lincolncountynevada.com/images/RockArtGuide.pdf). In case you didn't know, on that boring ass, but beautiful, 7 hour trip to Las Vegas from Elko you can find literally thousands of examples of rock art. Our first stop, well our first attempt at least, was to find the White River narrows art - if you are thinking of stopping there, seriously I wouldn't waste your time without a GPS. We searched for that site for a long time and didn't find it. So we ... read more
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North America » United States » Nevada » Great Basin NP October 7th 2011

As we headed west we crossed in to Nevada and stumbled upon Great Basin NP. It was a nice little park tucked near the eastern border. They had listed a mountain at 13k feet and we were going to summit the peak but they closed the access road due to snow just a few days before we got there. So instead we took in a cave tour and it was really fascinating!!!... read more
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North America » United States » Nevada » Great Basin NP September 18th 2008

CampsiteLast night we looked around at the sites that had water and toilets and everything was pretty much full. There is an upper and lower loop campground but in between there is a somewhat hidden middle campsite (only visible from one direction on a far access road). We grabbed that site and it was great. We had our own water pump and the bathrooms were a short walk through the woods. A brook went within 15 feet of our tent so the white noise was nice at night. The campsites were primitive (no showers, pit toilets) but this is about the same level of accommodations that are found in the nearby town. There is 1 phone at the park office and another 6 miles away in Border, NV (which is on the border between Utah and ... read more
Loneliest Road
Big stop sign
Cave Formations

North America » United States » Nevada » Great Basin NP September 17th 2008

Today we drove from Jackson, WY over into Idaho and then south on I-15 through Salt Lake City, UT and across the dessert into Nevada. Right over the border is Great Basin National Park. The last 2.5-3 hours were spent on the "Loneliest Road in America". We got the last campsite in the park (only 45 sites or so total) and crashed into bed (on our new air mattresses). ... read more




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