Border Inn RV Park is in Baker, Nevada
- but outside the RV Park office, each side of the street had a different
state welcome sign, because although the park is in Nevada, Utah is
just a few steps away. It is a shame that people stuck stickers all
over the Nevada sign.
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Below: The park itself was nothing but
a field of sandy gravel. |
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The two RV Gypsies parked
their RV at Border Inn RV Park and then drove their toad to Great Basin
National Park.
Great Basin National Park is a United States National
Park established in 1986, located in east-central Nevada near the Utah
border. The park derives its name from the Great Basin, the dry and
mountainous region between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Mountains.
The park is located approximately 290 miles north of Las Vegas and protects
77,180 acres. |
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Below: The two RV Gypsies got their first look at the
scenery in Great Basin National Park at the Visitors Center, where
they learned that the trails were all longer and harder than the two
RV Gypsies wanted to hike. Therefore, the park was a big disappointment
to them, because the Lehman Caves, the Lexington Arch, and all the
other major attractions are long hikes. There was only one short trail,
the rest were 3 miles to 13 miles long one way. Lee Duquette was never
found of hiking.
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Below: Mather Overlook at Great Basin National Park
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Great Basin National Park’s Mather
Overlook presented a roadside view of Wheeler Peak from a distance.
Below the mountain, the Lehman Creek drainage is the center of the glacier-carved
landscape. Geologists believe that the glacier stopped its advance at
a point level with the Mather Overlook. |
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Below: The memorial for Stephen Mather
(1867-1930) is inscribed, "He laid the foundation of the National
Park Service defining and establishing the policies under which its
areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations.
There will never come an end to the good that he has done." Stephen
Mather was the first director of the National Park Service. |
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Below: The two RV Gypsies enjoyed fantastic
scenery from Mather Overlook at Great Basin National Park. |
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Below: Wheeler
Peak Overlook at Great Basin National Park.
Some recently installed telescopes made it fun to look at the scenery. |
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Below: The
stately Wheeler Peak topping a 1,000+ foot tall cliff. |
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Below: The two RV Gypsies went back to their toad
and drove to the next overlook.
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Below: Summit
Trailhead at Great Basin National Park |
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Below: When the two RV Gypsies
left Great Basin National Park, they spotted several weird things on
the side of the road. |
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Below: The two
RV Gypsies also saw a sign mentioning Baker Archeological Site, so they
decided to see what that was all about. But all they saw when they get
there was another sign, a big field with numbers on poles, and a stack
of brochures on brown faded paper explaining what to look for at each
numbered pole. BORING! |
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