We are having such nice weather this weekend, I had to take the Steamer out. I left mi casa in SW Reno and headed to Pyramid Highway, which eventually dumped me out at Pyramid Lake:
It was an unusually clear and surprisingly warm (mid fifties) day. Here is a shot of one of the many picnic pullouts around the lake.
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This entire lake is within the Pyramid Paiute Reservation. Everything is primative. I'm surprised some of the roads are paved. This is not necessarily a bad thing if you want to keep the prisine look. That is until you get off the road and the ground is littered with broken bottles. Sad. I remember the no litter campaign in the 70's with the crying mounted Indian. I don't think he lives here. Shame.
I went toward the north end where the pavement disappears to see how the new suspenders handle the dirty sections and washboards. I found no washboard....yet. There will be later in the season, but someone must have graded this road recently:
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The cool thing about living around here is the complete isolation you can find yourself surrounded by in a mere 45 minutes from downtown.
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Closeup of the Pinacles (off limits to roundeyes) camera on full zoom:
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Looking west:
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If I had started earlier, I would have taken this road to Gerlach and the Black Rock Desert, but since that destination was 90 miles of this road away, I decided to turn around and head back south. I stopped and snaped a few shots at the south end of the lake including this gratuitous self portrait:
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Looking south:
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And my favorite artsy shot of the day:
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Thanks for coming along.
Looks like a good place to ride, some excellent pics.
Way to go! Nice to have a place nearby to get away to.