The roads were clear in the Sierras, but the trees and the hill sides were covered in snow. This is May!!! It looked like it was winter! We didn’t have much of a winter this year so maybe Mother Nature has decided to make up for it!
Once we got into Nevada, we ran into the wind! The fact that we had to climb up a rocky slope (500 feet) did not get any easier as we fought the wind. We had not come prepared for this weather. OK, OK, we knew it was going to be cooler than it has been, but it is supposed to be in the high 60’s low 70’s. We certainly didn’t anticipate the temperatures in the 30’s we found at the Boreal Ridge Rest Stop! We NEEDED Cynthia & Mike’s Nevada geocaching outfits!
We had less difficulty with the wind once we got into secluded parks and on the city streets in the Reno area, but we also ran into some missing caches. Given all the conditions, we only found 13 caches in our quest to reach 4000! Guess we will have to try a little harder over the next couple of days.
Tomorrow we cover more of Reno and head to Fernley. Saturday we head for caches around Pyramid Lake and Sunday we will drive to Gerlach, Nevada. Monday it is on to places in Northern California.
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