Heading down to get breakfast we saw a bit of a crowd outside so thought we would have a bit of a nosey. The Hot August Nights Car Show was having a street viewing, at least four blocks of downtown Reno shut to normal traffic packed both sides with hot rods, muscle cars, classics and other restored four wheeled contraptions. There was a fully decked out willey's jeep complete with inert M60 mounted on top, 524 and 77 in the back, claymore and clacker on the fron...

In the car and driving to Virginia City. Uphill again, not quite as high as Donners Pass. I. Believe it peaked at 6789ft, Virginia City is about 6600ft. It is very similar to as it was in the late 1800's. Not as touristy as Tombstone Arizona but the same atmosphere and stories. We took the small train ride on the V and T railroad. I was looking forward to a steam train ride but it was out of action and I had to settle for an old diesel engine ride. It was inte...

I split day four so it would show up on the map better. Travelling through Sacramento the GPS showed height above sea level as between 4 and 8 metres. We are now starting to head up the Sierra Nevada's through a place called Donners Pass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Pas s. this is where a crowd of emigrants got stuck in a blizzard in 1846 and are rumoured to have resorted to cannibalism to survive. it was a very steep climb and it felt like it wasn't going...