Into Nevada

From Lake Tahoe we crossed into Nevada, the gambling state with casinos everywhere you look.  At Carson City we visited the Nevada State Museum and learnt about the underground mining and gold rush in the area.  The collection of Wild West guns captured the bloke’s attention for quite a while and the American Indian displays were very interesting with beautiful handmade baskets hundreds of year’s old and little sculptures of animals made out of rock.  On we drove through Virginia City, another gold rush town with gorgeous old original buildings, horses and donkeys in the street and a quaint village atmosphere.  This was and still is a very productive gold area with over $650 million of gold mined back in the day.  We were really in cowboy country, nearly everyone in the street had western boots and a Stetson on and the red necks drove through in their pickups with chilly bins tied on the back and dogs yelping.