the white wagon …

… made of metal in desert in northern Nevada.

yikes …

… tag art on the side of an abandoned bar in the outback of northern Nevada.

she …

… graces the side of an abandoned bar along Route 140 in very rural Nevada. The legend, apparently by the artist, reads “Jess Mudgett ’20.

where the aliens land …

… in a valley along Route 140 in northern Nevada.

desert living …

… long ago in the Nevada outback.

abandoned …

… a deteriorating bar in the Nevada outback.

abandoned …

… but well tagged. An old bar alongside Route 140 in northern Nevada.

the Nevada outback …

… Route 140 east of 1000 Creek Pass near Denio Junction.

isolation …

… in the desert outback in northern Nevada off Route 140 west of Denio Junction.

gas up …

… it’s a long, dry road to Denio Junction, Nevada, from the eastern terminus of Route 140.

half a devil?

… a well-tagged, abandoned bar at Coyote Point Road and Route 140 east of Denio Junction in the Nevada outback.

the state flower …

… of Wyoming, insists Google. This specimen sits on the Nevada-Oregon border along Route 140 near Antelope Butte.

the outlier …

… a chunk of volcanic rock sitting in a playa off Route 140 west of Denio Junction, Nevada.

the desert …

… in the Nevada outback along Route 140 west of Denio Junction.

desert morning …

… along Route 140 east of Denio Junction, Nevada.

road hazard …

… along Route 140 near the Oregon-Nevada border. A cowpoke and three dogs drove about 50 head of cattle up the highway from State Line Valley 1,000 feet below to Antelope Butte.

just so you know …

… you’re in the American West, in this case on Route 140 east of Denio Junction, Nevada.

now, this is RED …

… along Route 140 near Denio Junction, Nevada.

isolation …

… perhaps, but for a few weeks in May, colorful isolation. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting images of the high desert in northern Nevada and south-central Oregon. I continue to be stunned by how colorful the desert can be — reds, violets, yellows, and whites surrounded by green. It’s a long drive, but so worth the time, effort, and energy. This image looks east from 1000 Creek Pass on Route 140 west of Denio Junction.

Route 140 …

… between Denio Junction, Nevada, and Adel, Oregon.

in the desert, blooming briefly …

… along Route 140 just west of Denio Junction, Nevada.