One day Jack and I decided to visit the town of Beatty, Nevada. Beatty is a small town of about 1,150 people and is about an hour drive from Pahrump. It’s a quaint little town and had some very old, interesting buildings.
However, the most interesting thing about Beatty was when we saw was this …
A group of wild donkeys were in the middle of the town! Apparently someone inside the car was feeding them.
A short distance outside of Beatty is a ghost town. This ghost town used to be the town of Rhyolite. Rhyolite was founded in 1904 as a mining town in the Bullfrog Hills. Its history is quite fascinating. Be sure to zoom in and read some of the signs.
Ooooooo! Rattle snakes!This is an old caboose car from the time Rhyolite was a thriving town. One of the old box houses in which prospectors lived.
Just down the road from the ghost town, Rhyolite, is Goldwell Open Air Museum. This museum is an outdoor sculpture park located on 7.8 acres of private land. A group of prominent Belgian artists, led by the late Albert Szukalski, created outdoor sculptures that are colossal not only in their scale but in their placement within the vast upper Mojave desert. It’s great variety of permanent artworks are on display for everyone to enjoy.
This is a fascinating piece of art work. It doesn’t look like much from this angle, but as you walk closer and to the right and left sides, it takes on a COMPLETELY different look, as you will see in the following photos. This work is titled “The Last Supper.”
On the way back home, we decided to pull in at a little truck stop area. It was an unusual kind of truck stop as you will see in the following photos.
Of course, I HAD to go into the gift shop! The store in this photo was jam-packed with Area 51 and Alien merchandise. Before I went inside I also HAD to have my picture taken with some new friends I made!
Another great day in our RV adventures!
So, for now ….. “On the Road Again!”
Betty
P.S. OH!! I haven’t shown you pics of our Shih Tzus lately. Here are Ricky and Lucy; they LOVE to cuddle up with each other.
Ricky has the blue collar, and Lucy has the pink. Lucy is laying on top of Ricky! I’m not sure, but Ricky kind of looks unhappy.
THIS is what we see at the end of our bed right before we turn the lights off to go to sleep! Isn’t she cute?!
Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog. Next up: Death Valley National Park!
This past week has been an exciting whirlwind of activities! On Thursday, August 5th, our granddaughter, Kylee, flew from Oklahoma City to Buffalo, New York, to spend a week with us.
Waiting to board flight to New York.Lined up and ready to get on that plane!
Before she came, I asked her to make a list of things in the Buffalo area that she might like to do while here. Kylee and her mom found several things in which she might be interested after googling “things to do in Buffalo, New York.
Needless to say, seeing Niagara Falls was on that list (whether she put it there or not!). The very next day (Fri., Aug. 6) we loaded up the dogs and their stroller and took off for the falls.
My husband and I saw Niagara Falls about ten years ago and stayed on the Canadian side. Nowadays, because of COVID, we could only see and do things on the American side. It was great, and Kylee thoroughly enjoyed it.
The view waiting in line to go down the elevator to ride Maid of the Mist. We came down the elevator in that building. There is a spacious observation deck on top of the building. Looking down river. There’s our boat ride to the base of the falls. First close up look of the American Falls.American Falls. Our Canadian friends on their Maid of the Mist from the Canada side. Those trees and hotels are in Canada. 🇨🇦There is Horseshoe Falls, and we’re getting closer!Getting serious about approaching the Horseshoe Falls.There was a lot of blowing mist that day, so the horseshoe bend in the falls was hard to see.When you get RIGHT by the base of the falls, it is “mist” at all; it is more like a downpour of rain! Kyle and I both put our cell phones away so they wouldn’t get drenched. Here you can see both the American Falls (foreground) and the Horseshoe Falls, background). You can also see one of the Canadian Maid of the Mist boats taking tourists on their trip. This photo was taken from the very top of the observation deck (see earlier comment). From this angle, the falls dwarf the boat considerably!
The dogs could not go on the boat ride, so Jack hung out in the park with them while Kylee and I took the “close up” water tour of the falls. Needless to say, we were pretty drenched when we got off the boat, but the views were well worth it!
We walked around the park awhile. Then we found a little outside eating place and ordered a couple of slices of pizza each. Afterwards, we just had to get some ice cream at the shop that was next door to the pizza shop!
Saturday, Kylee and I decided to go to the Broadway Market. When we looked at it on the internet, it looked really interesting and fun. However, when we arrived, we discovered it was a market in a large building. We didn’t see many cars parked around the building, it didn’t seem like a very good neighborhood, we didn’t have Jack with us, and we both just felt very uncomfortable with our surroundings. So, we decided to go find a coffee shop (Kylee LOVES coffee shops!) for something to drink and a little snack, and then we would go shopping at a TJ Maxx. There are no pictures of the Broadway Market, but we sure had fun! I do have this one of Kylee outside of SPoT Coffee in Buffalo.
The inside of SPoT Coffee was really cute!
On the way home from shopping, we were so close that I suggested we go just a little further west to the shore of Lake Erie. Kylee was up for anything, and she had never seen any of the Great Lakes. I do have a couple of pics of this! We had a great day.
Lake Erie with the Buffalo skyline in the distance.
Sunday we loaded the dogs, packed some snacks and water, and drove to Letchworth State Park. This park is one of the best state parks! It is beautiful, has a huge canyon/gorge, has three different falls (upper, middle, and lower falls), is meticulously maintained, and has A LOT of space for family activities. And, did I mention the falls? They were gorgeous!
Our first look at the gorge. You can zoom in and read some interesting information about the falls.At the bottom of this photo is the very beginning of the Lower falls. You can see the Middle falls clearly. The Upper falls are near the top of the photo at the base of the bridge. Middle falls in the foreground and Upper falls in the background. Upper falls.Middle falls. One of the falls had a good amount of mist, so we discovered this rainbow.I took the “easier” path to view the lower falls. I would have loved to take the127 stairway steps for a closer look, but they went down first, and I knew I’d have to climb back up them. 😂Lower falls. We found a little snack bar in the state park and ate some lunch. Kylee and I took a selfie while waiting on our food.
On Monday Kylee and I went to see the Japanese Garden in Buffalo. I’m not sure what we expected, but it was lovely. The garden was just very small. We took a few pictures then walked around the park area for a while.
After we left the Japanese Garden, we found another coffee shop and had a caramel latte and shared the most delicious chocolate chip muffin. It was so rich and decadent!
She misses her friends back home, but once I said I was going to eat the WHOLE muffin, she put that phone down. Well, THAT got her attention!
From the coffee shop, we decided to drive just a little further north to see Lake Ontario. It was a gorgeous day and the drive was lovely. What we didn’t know was the place we chose to go to only had a pier and a rocky shoreline; no beach. The view of Lake Ontario was great, though.
Lake Ontario
Our last little day trip was to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. It was another lovely, sunny day (a little warm). The gardens had all kinds of plants and flowers from all over the world.
The thousand origami cranes.The thousand origami cranes.A unique sculpture for a water fall.
It was pretty hot by the time we got out of the conservatory tri-domed building, so we decided not to walk around the whole building. All in all, we had a great day at the Botanical Gardens.
All too soon, it was time for Kylee to pack her things and head back home. It was a sad and happy day; sad because Kylee was leaving, but happy because our grandson, Jackson, was coming to visit us next. We took Kyle to the airport at 3:30 a.m. Yes! THAT early! She had a flight leaving at 5:30 a.m.
She’s not too talkative at 4:30 in the morning. Well, most of us aren’t! 🤣There she is in line waiting to board. Oh, no! She sees me taking her picture! Zoom in and look at the expression in her eyes. She doesn’t look too happy with me. Going … … going … … GONE!
I am NOT a morning person, so I seldom see the sunrise. However, on my way back from the airport, I just had to stop and take a picture of God’sartistry!
I just sat there for several minutes enjoying the beauty and serenity of this early morning painting in the sky.
We went back to the airport at 9:30 p.m. the same day Kylee left to pick up Jackson to start our week with him. You will hear about his adventures in about a week.
