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Desert / Ghost Town Trek #24a

West Central Nevada Ghost Towns, August 2010
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Started our adventure near Bridgeport Reservoir (Hwy 395 to SR 182) then east on FS Route 062 a few miles, passing the ghost town site of Masonic, CA that we explored in 2004.
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Climbing farther over Masonic mountain, looking back on Bridgeport valley. The plan was to spend five days driving southeast along the Nevada border on dirt roads only, getting supplies at the occasional highway crossing.
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Pulling into the upper part of the Masonic area, which consists of three main mining camps.
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Mine headstocks scattered around up on the hills.
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Found a nice camp spot on a dead end road.
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Morning view from a big scrub meadow near camp.
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Continued north into Nevada on FS 046. Looking west to the Sweetwater mountains.
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Dropping into Nevada with the Pine Grove Mountains on the horizon.
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Arrived at Sweetwater road which paralells the East Walker River and its lush riparian zone.
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Travelled west a bit to look for the Sonoma ghost town site but nothing remained.
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Travelled east past the Elbow here with a rare view of the river itself.
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