well, i had some great photos that i took today with the iphone, but wouldn't you know it—i lost most of them while they were downloading from the camera on the iphone. i was able to salvage 6 or 7, so you'll see most of them here tonight. no use crying over spilled milk, eh? today was a rather short travel day. we took off from auburn, ca around 11:30 am after having a relaxing morning and showers. that was a luxury—to depart from camp so late. the travel was easy enough on i-80 over the donner summit from california to nevada...just before the first photo, there is a mini-movie of donner pass overlooking donner lake in california [click on the "play" button to view]...we stopped awhile at the donner monument (pictures that are lost forever). i was going to create a funny about there was a different meaning on the donner summit to the statement "bite me!", but i thought it might be in bad taste. sorry, i just couldn't resist. we arrive in virginia city around 2:30 pm, due to several stops along the interstate to see the scenery and take photos. the only photos that survived the download process were a mini-movie i shot at donner summit overlooking donner lake in ca and a few photos in virginia city, nv. after we parked the rv, we opened the door and found that our view this afternoon and tonight is the old virginia city cemetery, which i about a mile away. we walked around town for awhile, but it is so cold here this afternoon that we had to head back to the rv to warm up. it is a good thing that we thought to bring our winter coats! of course the tourist season has not started yet, so over 50% of the shops were closed, but it was fun to browse. i even found a new straw cowboy hat, which if y'all are good, i'll show it to you tomorrow night (unless i lose the photos again). tomorrow, it's off to ely, nv on us-50, which we saw is nicknamed the "loneliest road". I think that sums it up...
