Busy day ahead but I can already tell you that we did it with ease even in spite of covering quite a few miles. After breakfast in the hotel, we headed out to
Virginia City. It is about 30 minutes away. We enjoyed the drive there which took us up into the hills. Here is a good link -
Virginia City info. We arrived about 9 am and had a good walk around with a stop for coffee at the local saloon. There is a great little tour that takes you around the whole ghost town which was fantastic.
From
Virginia City we drove along Route 50 which took us back into
Carson City and then over the mountains to
Lake Tahoe. Now this drive is only about an hour and about 40 miles. The road over the mountains is excellent. We did see some snow (in May). We were extremely fortunate to have the sight of the lake with snow covered mountains in the background. We drove along side the lake into Stateline and stopped at a
Carrows for lunch.
Stateline is another gambling town with big casinos in Nevada and then just regular hotels across the state line in California. After lunch we found a nice beach and spent an hour there enjoying the scenery and sunshine in rather cool temperatures. We decided to drive back to Carson City via Route 207 which is a quick drive over the mountains (again spectacular views) on a 2 lane road. We took the turn off for Route 206 to our next destination
Genoa, Nevada.
What a gem
Genoa is. It is a quaint town, worth a stop. Click this link -
Genoa - History You will see that Genoa is Nevada's first settlement and the home of Nevada's first saloon which I might add is open and charming.
We must have spent an hour in Genoa before heading back to Carson City. Again, the drive was lovely. We stopped at Costco for some gas and then headed back to our hotel. What a fantastic day!!!
Next stop - Eureka, Nevada
(Work in progress - will add video & photos.)
