Smoke Creek Desert

Posted Mon Sep 1, 2008 in Nevada

Last weekend (weekend before last, actually) Wife and I drove through Smoke Creek Desert on a lark. I guess I never wrote about the day trip. Hmm… Maybe I’ll have to go back and revisit my images and pull a few for the collection.

Regardless, we found ourselves eating lunch in Gerlach, Nevada, which is the nearest supply depot for Blackrock Desert, where Burning Man is convened. As it turns out, we found ourselves traveling north with the leading edge of Burners on their way to establish the infrastructure necessary to support some 40K souls for a week in the desert. To say there were “interesting” people there would be an understatement.

However, we left the Burners headed for Blackrock when we turned west toward Smoke Creek Desert. The road down the west side of the desert is a very good county road. I stopped along the way to make images and take in the solitude. We saw a few folks along the way — a couple of ranchers, some four-wheelers, and a couple of young men out exploring.

The image left is one of the mountains along the west side of the desert, just north from Pyramid Lake. It was a good day.