Christmas in Nevada

Flat Bobby arrived at the Mosby's home for a visit on Christmas Eve 2005. Flat Bobby's first trip was with Harry to be laminated. I guess it was a really tiring trip, as they both seem to need a nap.

Flat Bobby will be exploring Pershing County Nevada with Judy and Harry for the next few weeks.

Do you suppose we can find some mischief to get into????

You may read more about Flat Bobby here

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Flat Bobby is a school project of Amber, daughter of Tracy Lee aka
StarrGazr.

Flat Bobby, must return to Nashua, NH by February 10, 2006

I can only guess that this windmill at one time produced drinking water for cattle. It is out in the sink, which can get very boggy, and not a good place to build a house. The water on the sink is saline as there is no outlet, so it would not be good for livestock.
The Humboldt Sink is a large shallow lake when it has water in it, and is where the Humboldt River ends in Nevada. The Humboldt River begins in eastern Nevada in the Ruby Mountains, southeast of Elko.

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Christmas Day 2005, Flat Bobby visited the famous Lovelock Cave, and with a little help signed the guest register.

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When we arrived at the parking lot for the Lovelock Cave, Flat Bobby took a look out over the Humboldt Sink. Yes, there is water there this winter, and more being added all the time as we have been raining now for about 2 weeks. Christmas day when we went to the cave, it was cloudy but not raining, and a very pleasant day, at about 55-60 degrees.

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www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/northamerica/lovel...

Flat Bobby's blog

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Amber, we did not see any bats at the cave. Neither did we go down into it at all. After they were done getting all the artifacts out of the cave a few years ago, the blasted it closed with dynamite. All you can do is just get down below this opening and that is it, all the rooms are now closed off.

It is not not on the high desert now, we have winter much like the rest of the country. It can get below zero here, however so far in December we have been very warm, and are getting rain instead of snow. This is not good, we need the snow in the mountains for summer water.

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Amber I am sure there are still bats in the cave, they can get into very small places, and way back in there where people can no longer go.

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It is a pretty steep trail in some places, when I started down I wished I had my walking stick!

Nickey was one reason I didn't go into the cave besides it being rather cold in there. He ran in there once, and I didn't like it he is small enough to get into trouble. Last thing I wanted was an animal rescue on Christmas Day.

I could let you believe that I was down in the cave, however if I had been I could not see this. There was this very nice large gap in this very large rock, that served me well.

Lovelock Cave in Nevada is south of Lovelock, Nevada about 20 miles.
So that makes it about 40 miles from our house.

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There is quite a bit of water fowl on the Humboldt Sink this winter, geese and ducks. We could hear the shots of the hunters while we were at the Lovelock Cave.

Amber I would like to know what grade you are in school.

Amber do you remember that rock??
On our way back down Flat Bobby displayed just how calm it was on Christmas Day 2005. Not a whisper of a breeze, or he would have toppled down, and most Nevada days the breeze is most welcome, especially in the summer.
Can you tell I LOVE where I live, and I haven't seen it all yet!

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Amber I sure don't know how long it is going to rain, only God knows the answer to that question.

So far here at our house we are not concerned with flooding. However in Reno about 120 miles south west of us the Truckee River is flooding. There are several bridges closed in downtown Reno. It flooded in Reno, New Years 9 years ago.

There is no way we would be going to the Lovelock Cave today either, as we are getting a lot of rain also, and the road may be getting pretty muddy in some places. It is a good thing we went on Christmas Day, and didn't wait until New Year's Day.

Thank you for telling me what grad you are in Amber, so I am guessing you are 7 or 8 years old.

I don't know how many birds there are on the sink, however due to it being a pretty good little lake this winter there are possibly several hundred.

I love Nevada, a lot of people don't. When they look out across my beautiful landscape all they see is nothing, and I see something and a beauty all it's own, that is the difference.

Yes, this is one of the openings that goes into the Lovelock Cave.
Flat Bobby wasn't scared at all, he is a very brave young man, and a good hiker.
Bobby and I would liked to have gone into the cave, but I didn't want Nickey my dog to get in there and get down somewhere we could not get him back out. So we will try to do that another day.

Amber, the cave is no longer very far into the mountain. You can only go right in a very small area behind Bobby. To you and me it would probably seem big, but it is no longer the large size it once was.
You had also asked what kind of rock it is at the cave, I believe it is mostly limestone.

Amber where I live is called the high desert, as it is most times as dry as the desert of the south west United States, however we are much higher. Our house is at 4400 feet above sea level, so we are much colder in the winter than the SW desert is, and we do have snow.

Amber I hope I have addressed all your questions.

Lovelock Cave is a very distinctive feature on the mountain side and can be seen very well from Interstate 80 way across the sink, when you know where to look.

Amber, coming home from Reno, New Year's Day I shot a couple pictures from the interstate of the Lovelock Cave.

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Amber, coming home from Reno, New Year's Day I shot a coupl pictures from the interstate of the Lovelock Cave. Even from I-80 the Lovelock cave is very distinctive on the desert landscape. Can you find it and put a note on it??

The question is for Amber, PLEASE no one ruin it for her!!!!!

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This concludes the trip to the Lovelock Cave

Behind us is the Humboldt Sink and the Trinity Mountains

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Set of a trip I made to the Lovelock Cave in the summer

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Thursday December 29, Flat Bobby and Judy took a wild trip to the town of Lovelock, Nevada. Bobby wanted to stop and take a look at the Humboldt Range of mountains, which Judy lives close to.

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Instead of going the usual way to town we took the scenic route, and to see if the huge culvert was still there. Yes, it is!! Bobby wondered about this huge culvert, so Judy told him there were at one time 3 of these very large culverts. At first Judy didn’t think there was much history here, but on second thought there is. These 3 large culverts were the crossing at the river for many. many years until 10 years ago or so some engineers deemed them not safe for that use. So a new concrete bridge was built to cross the river. The three culverts have been a lot of fun for Judy, she has taken many pictures here, and even drove her pickup in one of them to show how big they are. So Bobby decided that the huge culvert does have a history!!

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dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/services/nvfacts.htm

Instead of going the usual way to town we took the scenic route, and to see if the huge culvert was still there. Yes, it is!! Bobby wondered about this huge culvert, so Judy told him there were at one time 3 of these very large culverts. At first Judy didn’t think there was much history here, but on second thought there is. These 3 large culverts were the crossing at the river for many. many years until 10 years ago or so some engineers deemed them not safe for that use. So a new concrete bridge was built to cross the river. The three culverts have been a lot of fun for Judy, she has taken many pictures here, and even drove her pickup in one of them to show how big they are. So Bobby decided that the huge culvert does have a history!!

Flat Bobby says "Judy you get me into some pretty prickly situations!!"

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Flat Bobby says "herding cows is kind of bounch work, so I am kind of blurry here!"

Flat Bobby is a good Cowboy!!

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Yes, they are girls, and they are mother and daughter. Don't know which is which though, they both however are over 10 years old, and are the Grand Ladies of the ranch. Always kept close to the ranch house so they can be watched and cared for. This day they were soaking up all the sun possible.

Bobby says "Judy, you got me in another prickly situation!!"

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