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Vegas - Dad's Secret, Surreal Drive Home
DAD'S ELEVEN HOUR DRIVE TO HIS VEGAS HOME FROM MINE IN CALIFORNIA GOLD COUNTRY OFFERS STUNNING, SURREAL, MOUNTAIN, LAKE AND DESERT LANDSCAPES FROM LAKE TAHOE TO LAS VEGAS VIA MONO LAKE. VIRTUALLY NO TRAFFIC MOST OF THE WAY MAKES THIS A DREAM-LIKE DRIVE THROUGH MAGICAL AND VARIED TERRAINS. From Tahoe - highways 89E to 395S to 120E to 6N to 95S to Vegas.
Aeolain Butte from Mono Lake Basin Road
Aeolain Peak viwed from from Mono Lake Basin Road (Mono Lake is directly behind ) framed by the mountain range serving as the the Yosemite watershed.
Nevada-California Boundary - Boundary Peak
Boundary and Montgomery Peaks which mark the state line boundary between California and Nevada frame the sanstone castles west of Benton Hot Springs on Highway 120.
Boundary PeakMontgomery PeakBenton Hot springsCalifornia Highway 120
Sandstone, Mist and Boundary Peak
Here the sandstone cliffs are framed by mist laden Patterson Peak on the California-Nevada border, highway 120, Benton Hot Springs, CA.
Benton Hot SpringsMontgomery PeakCA state highway 120Ron Hornelandscape
Road to Mountain Mists - Markleeville, CA
California State Highway 89 outside Markleeville and headed into the Carson Iceberg Wilderness.
California State Highway 89Markleeville CaliforniaRon Horne
From Cruisin - photos at 70mph
Sandstone, Snow and Light - Nevada-California Boundary
Snow capped Boundary Peak , which literally marks the boundary between California and Nevada, frames these fascinating sandstone cliffs just outside Benton Hot Springs, CA on a lonely stretch of state highway 120 near Benton Crossing Road. Truly in the middle-of-nowhere with a stark beauty that captures that solitary spirit.
highway 120Benton Hot SpringsBoundary PeakRon Horne
Fog and Stone - near Markleeville, CA
On highway 89 outside of Markleeville, the morning mists give life to the stone cliffs that surround the local highway.
California Highway 89Markleeville CaliforniaRon Horne
From Cruisin - photos at 70mph
Streaming Light and Mountain Calm - Aeolain Butte, Lee Vining,CA
View of Aeolain Butte from west shore of Mono Lake.
Highway 120Aeolain ButteMono LakeRon Horne
East of the Sierra mountains, Mono Lake introduces you to the vast desert basin where the land, water and sky meet in distant horizons.
Mono Lake looking north from south shore near highway 120
Monitor Summit Spring - CA Highway 120
Highway 89's Monitor Summit is the mountain range high point before descending Topaz Lake and the Antelope Valley. Notice the 'backbone' like ridge looking south and the green valleys on either side.
Monitor SummitMonitor PassRon Horne
Miles and Miles from Monitor Summit - CA Highway 120
Monitor Summit marks the exit (CA State highway 89) from the Sierra Nevada mountains down to Antelope Valley and highway 395 to Mono Lake. The summit offers views of the rich valley farmland and the distant peaks of Boundary Peak (center) which marks the state boundary between California and Nevada.
Monitor SummitAntelope ValleyBoundary PeakRonHorneCalifornia State highway 89
Heavenly Rays - Bridgeport, CA
Bridgeport, CA is a beautiful small town between the Sierra Nevada mountain range and Nevada's Great Desert Basin. Here, the rays of the sun burst through the clouds to highlight the pastoral beauty of the middle ground community.
BridgeportCArays of sunRon Horne
Desert Sand Endless Sky - near Tonopah, NV
Landscape Folder - Highway 6, Nevada-California Border on way to Mono Lake- Nevada Desert Basin on lonely highway 6 leading to Mono Lake. Once a 500 feet deep lake, the broad, seemingly infinite desert basin, stretch hundreds of miles north, south and east of this point..
Sand, Stone and Sky - near Beatty, CA
Along Nevada State Highway 95 one can see explicit examples of the ancient seabeds that formed today's desert basin uplifted vertically in striated bands scoring the surrounding hillsides which rise straight up from the surrounding desert sands.
Nevada State Highway 95Ron Hornedesertdesert basin geology
Mountain Strata - California-Nevada Border, Benton, CA
Boundary and Montgomery Peak range in the distance mark the California Nevada state borders.
Boundary PeakMontgomery PeakCalifornia Nevada Borderron horne
Hunewill Hills Fall Color - Bridgeport, CA
Hunewill Hills frame the popular and aspen trees turning color in late autumn on Conway Summit, California Highway 120.
Conway SummitHunewill HillsCalifornia Highway 120Fall colorRon Horne
Hunewill Hills from Conway Summit - Bridgeport, CA
Hunewill Hills frame the popular and aspen trees turning color in late autumn on Conway Summit, California Highway 120.
Hunewill HillsConway SummitBridgeport Californiafall colorRon Horne
Conway Summit Fall Color
Conway Summit south of Bridgeport California provides stunning fall color to those traveling CA state highway 395 to Mono Lake.
Hunewill HillsConway SummitBridgeport Californiafall colorRon Horne
Sagehen Summit, Mono Lake, CA
Sagehen Summit marks the high point between the Nevada's Great Desert Basin and Mono Lake before reaching California's Sierra Nevada mountain range visible in the distance. The famed Yosemite Valley lies just on the other side of those distant mountains.
Sagehen SummitMono LakeYosemiteSierra NevadaRon Horne
Boundary Peak - Benton, CA
Boundary Peak marks, literally, the divide between Nevada and California.
Boundary PeakCalifornia Nevada BorderCalifornia State Highway 120Ron Horne
Transition Plateau - near Benton Hot Springs, CA
Highway 120 between Mono Lake and Benton transitions from mountain to desert with long canyons etched into the transformative landscape.
California State Highway 120Benton California
Mono Lake Vista View
From Conway Summit Mono Lake Vista Point one can see - left to right Mono Lake Craters , Granite Mountain, Glass Mountain, Boundary Peak and Montgomery Peak framing Mono Lake in the foreground.
Conway SummitMono Lake Vista PointMono Lake CratersGranite MountainGlass MountainBoundary PeakMontgomery Peak Mono Lake