Tuesday October 02, 2007
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Tuesday October 02, 2007
Ebbett's Pass, Nevada Train Museum, Cacti
Last week was my 50th birthday. To celebrate, John and I spent the weekend on a 700 mile road trip to visit the Western Pacific Railroad Museum in Portola, California on the Feather River. The museum was holding its annual Rail Photography Day.
Below are photos from our trip home. The entire way, we carried with us many hundreds of pounds of spiky plants. John bought me 3 big cactuses for my birthday at Poot's in Ripon, CA. Since Poot's is closed on Sunday, we bought them on Friday and carried them with us all weekend. They were padded to keep from sliding and rolling (and to keep them from poking us too often). I named the short one "Boris" and the tall one "Natasha". The blue agave parryi doesn't have a name yet.
We started home from Reno, Nevada. From Reno, we drove to see the excellent Nevada State Railroad Museum in nearby Carson City. From Carson, we drove over Ebbett's Pass (8,730 feet above sea level) to Angels Camp (home of the Jumping Frog Jubilee). We had a superb dinner at the National Hotel in Jamestown on the patio under its 100-year-old virgina creeper vine, then continued home to San Jose, CA.
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Morning in
Reno, Nevada: 
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El Dorado Hotel
Reno, Nevada: 
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Reno, Nevada
mountain view: 
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4 lanes from Reno
to Carson City, Nevada: 
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Nevada Rail Museum, Carson City
WP449 Steel Sided Caboose: 
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Nevada Rail Museum, Carson City
Katy with HO model layout: 
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Nevada Rail Museum, Carson City:
the real Engine 27: 
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Nevada Rail Museum, Carson City
Engine 27 Model: 
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Nevada Rail Museum, Carson City
Engine 26 in Flames: 
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Carson Valley
Nevada: 
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Starting up into the mountains
on Highway 4: 
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2 lanes into
the mountains: 
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Entering Toiyabe
National Forest: 
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Down to 1 lane
for 25 miles: 
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Mountain
view: 
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John
at Ebbett's Pass: 
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Corkscrew 1 lane
road: 
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Red and white
granite boulders: 
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Alpine lake
near Ebbett's Pass: 
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Tree and sun
near Ebbett's Pass: 
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Entering Stanislaus
National Forest: 
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Geodetic Survey Marker
near Ebbett's Pass: 
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Mosquito
Lake: 
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Monster rock on
logging road: 
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Jamestown, National Hotel's
100-year-old Virgina Creeper: 
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John in Jamestown,
National Hotel: 
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Sunset
near Jamestown: 
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Birthday flowers
and books: 
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3 new cacti
safe at home: 
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Images Copyright 2007 by Katy Dickinson and John Plocher
Posted at 02:35PM Oct 02, 2007 by katysblog in Caboose Project and Other Trains |
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