Category: Nevada...

Route 50 in Nevada, the "loneliest road in America"
Nevada is the most arid state of the nation, but its name is from Spanish for "snow clad" referring to the Sierra Nevada on its southwestern border
well into the first half of the 19th century, the lonely land just east of the Sierra Nevada remained an enigma
Lake Tahoe, the largest alpine lake in North America, with enough water to cover the state of New York to a depth of one foot
Nevada receives less than 10 inches of rain a year but has an amazing diversity of plants and wildlife: cactus, yucca, sage, brush plants, mule deer, cormorants, white pelicans
outside of Alaska, the federal government owns more of Nevada than any other state, 85%+