Wild Horse State Recreation Area Day 1

Oh my goodness we are crazy campers right now!

We loaded up our gear and headed out to the high desert north of Elko, NV

Wild Horse State Recreation Area

http://parks.nv.gov/parks/wild-horse-state-recreation-area/
This state park has great clean facilities even though we are right in the middle of no where.
Literally, we were the only campers here.

Where do I even start to describe this area?

 It's like a scene from an old Wild West movie...and we are in it!

We enjoyed our stay and would definitely return here someday.

Our campsite was very secluded with a picturesque view of the Lake and snow capped mountains.

We spent the night alone with only the ducks and geese on the water...

Coyotes howling in the distance.

Rabbits and squirrels scurrying around after dark in the cold stillness of the desert.

We set up our camp and the winds picked up so we took advantage of the situation...

We flew kites!

Steve and Spencer flew a Spider-Man kite for a long time...

Then Spencer played with a batman glider...
which flew pretty well, by the way, lol.

We had a blow up transformer kite too.

The wind was perfect and it was a good relaxing afternoon.

We took a short hike down to the water...

Stopping to smell the wildflowers along the way...

Beautiful desert springtime blooms nestled between the sage...

Then the evening coolness set in and Steve built us a fire...

and of course we made S'mores...

I also made sage bombs for burning...

and we enjoyed a wonderful evening in the high desert, 

sitting around the campfire smelling the wild sage and smoke.

Then darkness came and we settled into our warm tent for a cold night's sleep...

I'll blog more about Day 2 and the wild antelope soon...