Saturday morning the eight remaining of us set up a car shuttle and started up the South Loop trail to Charleston, along the crest trail to Mummy and 19 miles and 11 hours later back to our cars. Marty left us here. A quick cleanup and then down to the Mirage Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas for what is probably the best dinner buffet in Vegas (for $8.95 and worth much more!). Here we celebrated the wedding anniversary of Pat and Dean and saw the resident white leopards. Following dinner P & D left us to sample the accommodations and we drove up to Potosi Springs to sleep cool. The next morning Doug and Patty couldn't find our cars and missed connections, which left Jim(s) Conley and Kilberg along with me to climb Potosi. Then a hectic drive home in the Sunday afternoon Las Vegas to Los Angeles road race. A GOOD vacation trip.
Jim K had a Nevada Map Atlas which helped this trip a lot with dirt road driving and locating sites. It is titled Nevada Map Atlas, and is a reduced scale copy of all 170 7.5', 15' & 30' quadrangles, planimetric, in 8-1/2 x 11" size. It costs only $12.00 and is available by mail from the Nevada Department of Transportation, Map Section Room 206, 1263 So Stewart St, Carson City NV 89712.
All hot spring locations not described can be found in the Jayson Loam & Dave Bybee Hot Springs book available in many book stores, REI etc.
Thanks to Buckaroos Dean and Pat Acheson, Carol Breyde, Georgina Burns, Jim Conley, Frank and Ruth Dobos, Doug Hatfield, Gary King, Patty Kline, Marty Magaddino and John Rhodehamel for contributing so much to the success of this trip. Good hikers and companions all! And to Jim Kilberg for his considerate personality and a superb assist. We drove about 2,200 miles and climbed about 25,700 ft during the week. ---RON
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SIGNING IN ON THE SUMMIT OF MUMMY L-R, Gary King, Jim Conley Ron Jones & Jim Kilberg photo - Patty Kline |