Still to Visit: Nevada

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Hang in there, we’re in the home stretch!! With lovely, unseasonably warm weather this week the only way we’ll get a white Christmas is to go get a lot of paint at Home Depot. My new year’s resolution is to get at least one of these eleven states I haven’t visited yet out of the way. And here’s another one of those states. Haven’t visited: Nevada Wanna bet I’ll get there? The last thing that appeals to me is Las Vegas. Fortunately, the “first” thing a lot of people think of when they think of Nevada is easily avoidable, and plenty of great things await outside of Sin City. Part of Death Valley is in Nevada. That deceptively flat area is actually, at its lowest point, 282 feet below sea level. The National Park’s website says that only one person actually died in the valley when the pioneers went through, but they all thought they were going to. Death Valley has the reputation of being not only the lowest place in the US, but also the hottest. The local weather radio has a daily “temperature extremes” report, and the winner in the “hottest place” category is usually Death Valley. There’s lots of desert, lots of mountains, and maybe I’ll find the Ponderosa Ranch, home of the Cartwrights! I also hear that’s a big damn dam there..... I can’t miss Hoover Dam. No way. It’s one of the biggest dam tourist attractions in the country (see what I did there?). Nevada is more than Las Vegas, and I intend to see that for myself soon! Nevada 36th state Admitted: 1864 Capital: Carson City I love the vloggers’ takes on places instead of the “official tourism videos,” so here’s a couple in Nevada: