Where's Fayth part Deux

Tony Shelton

Tony Shelton

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Most of you guys will just be bored with this and if so, just skip on by it. But some history or geography buffs might have fun trying to figure these out.

We're on the road again this year working on future expansion and enjoying some time away from the summer heat in Vegas.

This was on of our first stops.

This city used to be the most important city between Denver and San Francisco.

At one time this schoolhouse, built in the 1880's, was one of the most advanced in the country and housed more students between 1st and 9th grade than the entire population of the town today.

Anybody know the city? (no cheating if I already told you.......Doug... lol)

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Is says Fourth Ward right on the schoolhouse so I concur that it's Virginia City Nevada.
 
That one was too easy.

I figured Danny and Nick would get it. This one is a little harder. It's in the same town, It was a private club for a dozen or so rich guys to get together and smoke cigars, play poker and play with the "miss kitty" types of the day.

The rooms all had 2 to four exit doors so the girls could slip out in case the wives came barging in. It is supposedly haunted and was featured on Ghost Adventures.

We took the tour and went around taking pictures looking for "orbs". lol.

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Let's try an easier one.

This is the most prominent mountain in the lower 48 states. It also has the most glaciers. It is an active volcano with a crater lake at the top that is covered with 100 ft of ice that can only be accessed via ice caves.

This was taken about a mile from where we saw the wolf/coyote. lol

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Dude as someone that grew up in the shadow of that mountain, you are making this too easy. If anyone remembers their geography, the most most prominent mountain in the lower 48 is Mt Rainier. At 14,411 feet tall the indians called it Tahoma or other such name that means "mother of waters". That is what Tacoma gets it 's name from. If that one was to blow, there would be a lot of people dieing because of the flooding and I would probably be choking on an ash cloud.. LOL
 
I am surprised at how low some of the states are. I guess Phoenix is safe if all the glaciers melt, since we are at about 1200 ft.
 
Well I grew up in the shadow of Mt Rainier near Olympia, WA and went there to hunt and fish often. Even swimming in those glacier fed rivers. They seem colder now for some reason.. LOL Never got to the ice caves but we did cause them to shut down the tubing hill when we went over their safety berm. I now live off the grid in Montana.

As for the state with the most mountain ranges that would be your lovely state.

I have traveled around the country for work and I can say that you can find something beautiful that nature has created in nearly every one of them. I have not found anything that made me say WOW in Nebraska. I was told once that the best time to drive across Nebraska is Dec 21st at night... That way you will not have to look at the miles of corn.
 
Scott Stone said:
I am surprised at how low some of the states are. I guess Phoenix is safe if all the glaciers melt, since we are at about 1200 ft.
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No wonder it seems like an uphill climb when we come back from phx. We are at 2000 ft. :p

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It might be, but I think that is more dread...
 
How about this one? About 3900 feet in elevation, 4 ft of snow in mid july. So clear you can see clear you can see ten feet deep like it's only a couple of inches deep. Has a stunning view of Mr Ranier on one end. It's a 25 mile or so rough dirt road drive but worth it.

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