We're leaving the beautiful scenery of Graeagle passing meadows of Lupin thanks to the wet winter. Graeagle, in old west days was big in the timber industry, also part of CA Fruit Exchange, and the 1st ski area in CA is just up on Mills Peak. Graeagle is also the easterly end of the Feather River Canyon, the "route of the feather" famous passenger train service ran through here. The river is now the source of Ca water projects bringing water to southern Ca. Heading east on Hwy 70 we follow the Feather over Beckwourth Pass in the high desert of eastern CA. Beckwourth Pass, as are many across the Sierra and Cascades, are named for early pioneers who charted and guided wagon trains during the settlement of CA and other states. Our stop for the night will be in Winnemucca, NV which surprisingly is still dressed in green hillsides and meadows again thanks to late storms and lots of water. Dinner tonight is the old west and new vogue, basque soup from one of Winnemucca's old rest. and chicken from Walmart! Winnemucca is part of the old west trail system to OR & CA and was heavily settled by the Basque, who grazed sheep on the fertile valleys and surrounding hills. Eventually copper and other minerals were found and mined. Still is a strong industry here as are games of chance. Butch Cassidy enjoyed very prosperous days and once had a portrait of himself made which he sent to the president of a NV bank he robbed thanking him for picking up some of his living expenses! We're still learning how to navigate the blog laws of ligistics so the pictures are mixed up but we're sure you'll figure out that the mt. scene with the "W" is in Winnemucca! and the journey continues.................................................
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