Wild Horse State Recreation Area Day 2

The Wild Horse State Recreation Area was such a good camping trip
 that it deserves 2 blog entries.
After a good nights sleep in the cold dry desert we woke to another beautiful day.
The morning brought another campfire with coffee, bacon, and pancakes.
There is no water or electricity at the camp sites,
but they have these water spigots located through out...

After breakfast, we ventured off to the visitor center.

I had my Nevada State Passport Booklet stamped

and we were given some good advice for wildlife viewing.

"Drive across the highway...
then drive 1 mile on a dirt road...
turn left on the next dirt road...

 then go 17 miles til you reach the hwy... ok?"
So, we followed the directions and we drove through some hills
 and came to a stop in a lush green valley. 

where we encountered 2 playful antelope...

They ran toward us and stopped, ran across the road in front of us...

And stopped, lol...

Back and forth...

Such beautiful creatures, so wild and free... 

Then they galloped away across the meadow...

We drove into another summit and stopped to take pictures when we noticed the tracks...

Coyotes...

Following the antelope...

Our drive took us all through the desert and finally to the highway...

Then we drove through Mountain City, NV

Such a sad forgotten small town.
no pictures... just too sad.

Then onto Owyhee Nevada and the Duck Valley Indian Reservation

Home of the Braves

Here's their grocery store and gas station...

We stopped and refueled and drove on into Idaho!
Just for a few miles we were in mountain time, lol

We turned around and headed back into Nevada. 
We stayed on the highway all the way back to the campground making a few stops along the way...

to see the amazing rock formations...

And to get a better look at the wild horse dam...

Such a good camping trip! 

This crazy travel life never stops amazing us.

We cherish these good days and we are so thankful for our adventures in Nevada.