Just a few weeks ago we spent a sunny afternoon high in the Virginia Mountains. We had gorgeous views of Pyramid Lake and the surrounding mountain ranges. I wonder what this view looks like now, with all the recent snow?

A crisp, cool, fall day is a perfect day to take a hike up Nevada's Sentinel Peak (known to locals as Turd Peak). Located in the Pine Forest Range, Sentinel Peak offers gorgeous views of the Black Rock Desert, the Jackson Range, the Black Rock Range and the surrounding Pine Forest Range.

This has been one crazy busy summer.  We haven't had time to do much other than jump from one commitment to another.  When things get crazy it's important to take some time to reconnect. Luckily we were able to sneak away one weekend and enjoy some of the good old backcountry roads that exist in the Basin and Range region. 

Public lands in the Basin and Range region of the United States offer a multitude of opportunities to get away from it all. More often than not, it provides ample space, beauty, solitude and quietude. With wild plants, animals, lakes, streams, deserts and mountains to enjoy.  With Labor Day approaching, we hope you are able to take some time and enjoy the wild beauty that our public lands provide!

Get out and get wild!

Visiting southern Nevada this week, enjoying and appreciating the flora—blooming creosote bush!

Signs of water that once was. 

We’ve been having some gorgeously stormy days in the Basin and Range this spring and we love it!

This is from last year, in the Carson Range, but welcoming today’s storm, we need it!

Taking time to find a spot that has an immense and lonely view of this pale blue dot of ours. Few places in the contiguous U.S. has such opportunities for solitude and remote expanses as the Basin and Range region.