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July 4, 2007 : Intermountain Expedition: Days 4 and 5
On day 4, we travelled from Elko, Nevada to Great Basin National Park, stopping along the way to visit the east side of the Ruby Mountains and look for seed. Though not very successful in finding much plant material, we did spot deer, owls, vultures, hawks, dozens of jack rabbits and a few reptiles.
We were, however, successful in finding the Great Basin bristlecone pine (curiously enough, on the bristlecone pine grove trail at GBNP). We don't have a permit to collect in National Parks, so the trip was for our own satisfaction (the only sidetrip, really, of the whole expedition) of seeing these three-thousand year old wonders.
After supper in Baker at the unique Lectrolux Café, we travelled back to Ely for a quick night's rest, and then headed out early on the road to Winnemuca, with one moderately successful stop along the way for seed collection – despite the temperature which creeped above 40C (105F).
Tomorrow, we arrive in the Steens Mountain area, and we'll be offline for a couple days.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at July 4, 2007 11:05 PM
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