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Well, I let us all down this fall and didn’t get out to photo any good fall colors although on our way to the Nevada Day parade tomorrow, I just might get some good cottonwoods along south Eastlake Blvd. Even mother Nature let us down, I think, the long, dry, hot summer and fall [...]

Traveling Nevada has just initiated an easy web-based service to provide road conditions in Nevada with links to California roads, construction and ski reports here at nvroads/mobi/
You can bookmark this page in your mobilephone to get updates on the road.

The Nevada Sagebrush, the student newspaper for UNR, has an article on pumpkin carving, eating and buying. They report pumpkins are again available at our own Nevada Lynn’s Emporium in Washoe City at 435 US 395. They are open from 9 to 6 every day. Nevada Lynn’s always has a nice fall display and is [...]

Greta Anderson wrote a great poem last winter about the equine life here in Washoe Valley and a reader recently wrote in looking for it. We have amassed alot of info here on the site and specific things can be hard to locate. Here’s how I did it.
1. I clicked on the Classic Pages button [...]

The Dept of Conservation has a nice write-up and photo slide-show on Washoe Lake State Park on their website. Here’s the text:
“Washoe Lake State Park is beautiful this time of year. The water level is down, most of the campers are gone, but the views remain stunning. A mid-week, late-afternoon stroll through the park yielded [...]

The Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Dept. will host the annual Halloween Haunted House at the community center at the corner of Lakeshore and Esmeralda in New Washoe City. The center will be haunted Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th. Booths, food, game room, prizes and hair and face painting will all be part [...]

High Tech mag Wired has this article on commuting by horseback as an answer to high gas prices. The products intended to make this a high tech endeavor include a bitless bridle, carbon fiber saddle and flexible shoes.

“I’d like to know what people’s experience is with all the methods of TV reception that are available and possibly comparison of costs.  Is there a way to ask on this website and/or have a dialogue about it?  We definitely miss the PBS station and I have not succeeded in convincing KNPB to put another [...]

Teri Vance or the Nevada Appeal has written a great story about our New Washoe City Bullriding company, the Triple J Bull Riding Livestock Company. Johnny Howell and his son’s run the company which has a complete bull riding facility at their home. Bull riders and aspiring bull riders come from all over to practice [...]

from a reader:
We are all so fortunate to live in such a scenic area.  Many of us take a daily early morning walks.  I enjoy seeing many of my Neighbor’s out walking their dogs, but I don’t enjoy seeing all the dog poop left on the edge of the road and [...]