{"id":2988,"date":"2009-06-10T06:50:58","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T12:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromthefrontporch.com\/WPBlog\/?p=2988"},"modified":"2014-09-30T11:47:58","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T17:47:58","slug":"a-little-more-elko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2009\/06\/a-little-more-elko\/","title":{"rendered":"A little more Elko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a target=\"The Nevada Travel Network\"  href =\"http:\/\/www.nevadaweb.com\/cnt\/cc\/elko\/\" title=\" The Nevada Travel Network \"> The Nevada Travel Network <\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em>Elko retains its unique air of awkward splendor with a marvelous diversity of its population: cowboys and Indians, sheepherders, miners and railroad men, gamblers and whores, schoolmarms and ribbon clerks. Oh, and a few tourists.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Heh&#8230; I would be one of the few tourists&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun09\/E1493A.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun09\/E1493A.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above, part of the Chamber of Commerce restored village.  It includes a school house, dwelling, livery and blacksmith as a short self-guided walking tour.  I walked around quickly after Karl and I had a walk in the park.<\/p>\n<p>Then a quick stop at Cucina Fresca&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun09\/E1502B.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun09\/E1502B.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like the proverbial kid in a candy store, I looked over the wares and came away with a few things for my motorhome kitchen.  And this wine gift bag!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun09\/E1494C.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun09\/E1494C.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, clouds were building ominously to the west.  I cut my exploration of Elko short and headed home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun09\/E1496D640377.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun09\/E1496D640377.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The wind kicked up dramatically.  It was so gusty that I pulled in the slides to save wear and tear on the slide toppers that roll out over the top of the slides.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun09\/E1509E.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun09\/E1509E.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I put Bob in charge of the weather radio.  <\/p>\n<p>We ended up getting a lot of wind, but no rain, no thunder or lightning &#8211; just a LOT of wind.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun09\/E1510F.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jun09\/E1510F.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A tumblin&#8217; tumbleweed &#8211; my storm souvenir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Nevada Travel Network : Elko retains its unique air of awkward splendor with a marvelous diversity of its population: cowboys and Indians, sheepherders, miners and railroad men, gamblers and whores, schoolmarms and ribbon clerks. Oh, and a few tourists. Heh&#8230; I would be one of the few tourists&#8230; Above, part of the Chamber [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rv-trips"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2988"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15115,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2988\/revisions\/15115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}