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Heading west, we pushed on to Virginia City. I found this a strange town. In some ways, it is the best preserved of the western towns, with the wooden sidewalks and old saloons and gambling dens. But in other ways, it is a caricature of itself with gun-fights performed three times a day and a
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We drove from Salt Lake City to Carson City, mainly on US Route 50. We stopped off in the Great Basin National Park and explored Wheeler Peak in the Snake Range—driving up the scenic drive almost to the peak itself. I was shocked at the mountain. We started off in scorching 40-degree heat in the
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