Although not ahead of the hunters and the miners we were out of Eureka in fairly good order only to find the petroglyph site overpopulated and Bob Scott Summit unprecedentedly “Closed for the Season” so continued on cautiously through Austin [notorious for its speed traps in

addition to other unfriendlinesses] and the morning unto New Pass Summit with its vast vistas

to feed dogs in freezing winds while we tried the cream cheese and bagel from Gold Country’s

breakfast buffet* before soldiering on[wards]

to Fallon, gas at Fox Peak, tried and failed to find someone to let us in to the Oats Park Art Center, bought a big bag of large breed dog food at R Supply, continued to Fernley for a week’s groceries, breakfasts of sorts at the Wigwam and then over to 447,

north to Gerlach

and Wall Spring where Sonny helped unload while Seth remained under the floor, finally getting the new pump sorted by 7:15…a long day for everyone.

Good to be back though, end of October, a little disconcerting to find summer foliage still

hanging on and an utterly dead battery [well, um, six months…] in the Tundra.

The view from the gate hinted at autumnal, sort of,

and “Cloak of the Motion” was great to see in situ,

“Gramma Seed” too.

The mysterious Exploded Juniper remained…mysterious;

but home we were…for a minute, anyway.

*Not bad at all, really.