I think... well, for now anyway 
Suffice it to day, Cindy and I bought ourselves another piece of Nevada. And, I have to say, it's actually something that we originally thought about keeping quiet but ultimately decided to share it with others being that we'd like to make it into a destination or a camp that we can have friends and family visit. Anyway, this time around, we got ourselves an 18 acre homestead located on the eastern edge of the state and in the foothills of the Snake Range. In fact, four of the 5 tallest peaks in the state are located here including Mount Wheeler, the largest gold nugget in Nevada was found nearby and it's also the location of Great Basin National Park and home the oldest trees in the world, Bristol Cone Pines.
In addition to the breath taking views, what drew us to this property is its remoteness. We literally have just one neighbor and they live across the highway. And specifically, the Loneliest Highway, also known as US 50. Everything else around us is BLM and National Forest beyond and of course, endless mile after mile of trails to explore, right outside our back gate. The property has 3 cabins on it, 2 RV sites with hookups, water to everything, septic and propane. While there is no direct electricity from a power company, all the cabins and RV sites are wired up for it and currently, are supplied by a generator. Other nice features include plenty of trees, a nice big pasture and an artesian well fed pond. The best part for us is that the property is situated in between hills and once on it, you literally see no one and nothing other than the mountains to the east and valley to the west.
Our plan for now is to clean it up, make in nicer and as mentioned, use it as a summer camp for friends and family. Deer and Elk hunting is really big out here and we might even make it into an ABB retreat during hunting season. Solar power is something we're already looking into to keep us totally off grid but we may look into bringing in real power down the road.
Anyway, here are a few pics that we took right after we got keys to the property.
This is the view from the front gate.
Like being lead to a pot of gold, we were welcomed on to our new property with this beautiful rainbow overhead.
Here you can see us parked in front of the original cabin.
Standing on the front porch of the original cabin and looking out across the pasture.
Shot looking back toward the front gate and highway and as you see, neither can be seen.
This is what we call the log cabin and it sits furthest to the western side of the property.
A few more shots from around the property just as the sun was going down.
As far as why we call this place, "Tin Camp"? It's because of all the old rusty tins that you can find in piles across the property. Turns out that the homestead across the highway used to be an old saloon that operated for decades and dumped their old tins and bottles here. Looking through them, you can clearly see that some go back a hundred years or more and the newest of them date back to the late 60's to early 70's.
Suffice it to day, Cindy and I bought ourselves another piece of Nevada. And, I have to say, it's actually something that we originally thought about keeping quiet but ultimately decided to share it with others being that we'd like to make it into a destination or a camp that we can have friends and family visit. Anyway, this time around, we got ourselves an 18 acre homestead located on the eastern edge of the state and in the foothills of the Snake Range. In fact, four of the 5 tallest peaks in the state are located here including Mount Wheeler, the largest gold nugget in Nevada was found nearby and it's also the location of Great Basin National Park and home the oldest trees in the world, Bristol Cone Pines.
In addition to the breath taking views, what drew us to this property is its remoteness. We literally have just one neighbor and they live across the highway. And specifically, the Loneliest Highway, also known as US 50. Everything else around us is BLM and National Forest beyond and of course, endless mile after mile of trails to explore, right outside our back gate. The property has 3 cabins on it, 2 RV sites with hookups, water to everything, septic and propane. While there is no direct electricity from a power company, all the cabins and RV sites are wired up for it and currently, are supplied by a generator. Other nice features include plenty of trees, a nice big pasture and an artesian well fed pond. The best part for us is that the property is situated in between hills and once on it, you literally see no one and nothing other than the mountains to the east and valley to the west.
Our plan for now is to clean it up, make in nicer and as mentioned, use it as a summer camp for friends and family. Deer and Elk hunting is really big out here and we might even make it into an ABB retreat during hunting season. Solar power is something we're already looking into to keep us totally off grid but we may look into bringing in real power down the road.
Anyway, here are a few pics that we took right after we got keys to the property.
This is the view from the front gate.
Like being lead to a pot of gold, we were welcomed on to our new property with this beautiful rainbow overhead.
Here you can see us parked in front of the original cabin.
Standing on the front porch of the original cabin and looking out across the pasture.
Shot looking back toward the front gate and highway and as you see, neither can be seen.
This is what we call the log cabin and it sits furthest to the western side of the property.
A few more shots from around the property just as the sun was going down.
As far as why we call this place, "Tin Camp"? It's because of all the old rusty tins that you can find in piles across the property. Turns out that the homestead across the highway used to be an old saloon that operated for decades and dumped their old tins and bottles here. Looking through them, you can clearly see that some go back a hundred years or more and the newest of them date back to the late 60's to early 70's.
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