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Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:40 pm

ouch, I'm glad I don't live in Lovelock

All of the comments in Rob's 'Flight Following' thread must have the good residents of Lovelock up in arms!

I'll admit it's a desolate area, which is precisely why I bought property there. I'm the proud owner of a section just west of Ryepatch reservoir.

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It's in a horseshoe of hills that help to catch some rain, so there are actual sagebrush growing there as opposed to some of the drier parts of the desert in the vicinity which are barren or salt lakes, etc. The valley is higher than the surrounding desert. My section is right at 5000' elevation. The valley faces east, and it's so wide that it's got sun all day long except for the last half hour of the day. Best of all, because of the sheltering influence of the hills, when the wind blows a million mph out in the desert, it only blows half a million mph in the valley! :D

I'll probably need some help coming up with suggestions for improvements. So far, I've got airstrip, shooting range, and cabin on the list.

Once the airstrip is in then you can all stop for a beverage. Those who have publicly badmouthed the area will be buying for those who didn't! Who am I kidding, it's a barren shithole, so I guess I'm buying the first round!
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Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:17 pm

Re: ouch, I'm glad I don't live in Lovelock

Hey, welcome to the crowd.

I actually came down here to live on purpose from Alaska, and love it more each and every day.

Now as far as buying extra acreage.... I got liquored up one night a few years back and logged onto eBay. Ended up proud owner of five acres in Crescent Valley, NV adjacent to the airstrip. Bought it sight unseen. Finally got out to see the place earlier this year and was pleasantly surprised.

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Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:31 pm

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Gump moved to NV cus of to many warants in Siskiyou County, CA. When are you moving the single wide to the airstrip? :lol: :lol:

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Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:48 pm

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Once I find some tires in the dump that'll fit it.

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Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:15 pm

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kevbert wrote:I'll admit it's a desolate area, which is precisely why I bought property there. I'm the proud owner of a section just west of Ryepatch reservoir.



I initally thought you were overly harsh in your characterization of your property :( .

But upon further review of the pictures it appears you're correct, it's a barren shithole :wink: .
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Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:00 pm

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joe14580 wrote:I initally thought you were overly harsh in your characterization of your property :( .

But upon further review of the pictures it appears you're correct, it's a barren shithole :wink: .


It really is. That's why I tell people to go straight to Las Vegas or head on down into the LA Basin. Don't even bother stopping here. Nothing to see, certainly nothing to do. Flying is just mile upon empty mile. Airports mostly dirt with no services , so you're on your own for fuel or repairs. Barren shithole is right... :roll:
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Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:33 pm

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If you want some input on solar electricity let me know. I've been using solar, wind, and hydro (forget that I'm guessing) for 30 years on my property. You gotta have a way to keep the beer cold!
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Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:50 am

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Nevada has SOME beautiful areas, a few mediocre spots that isn't too hard on the eye, but even by Nevada's standards, that is a bleak piece of real estate! Oh yeah, I live about forty miles due north and the remark about the wind.....it's pretty common to experience hurricane strength breezes on a daily basis. Welcome to the neighborhood. :lol:
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Mon Dec 14, 2009 7:16 am

Re: ouch, I'm glad I don't live in Lovelock

Kevbert,

I was just curious how many acres in your plot of land? In the midwest, what is commonly known as a section is 640 acres and I know quarter sections (160 acres) are common terminology in the west. It looks like an interesting area, quite different than either of my back yards. It should be a fun place. Steve
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Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:49 am

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Well, I'm one of the inbred, ugly sons a b!#ches, that lives here, in the middle of this barren, God forsaken state, BUT, I too, hope and pray that all of the nice newcomers just keep on moving to wonderful, beautiful Vegas and Reno... cept for maybe, an oddball like Gump or Kevbert, which, they must be crazy, lazy, dusty, crusty an rusty just like the rest of us poor ignorant ba$%ards, in fact, I betcha a new Stetson hat, they don't even bitch that much when I fly over at 11' AGL, guns a-blazen... But, there's nothing here for normal people, nothing but pure-D ugliness, terrible terrible wind, homely fat wimmen, an pistol packin drunks. Please, please stay away, for your own good.
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Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:53 am

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So you're saying it's sort of like a voluntary domestic penal colony?
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Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:01 pm

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Rural Oregon is like rural Nevada, if Nevada had more trees and rain that is. In the seventies we had this Governor, Tom McCall. This was his most famous quote IMO.


"Visit, but don't stay"

Oregon's decade of the 1970s lasted eight years, nine months and 28 days. It began Jan. 12, 1971, when Tom McCall went on national television and told people to stay out of his state.

Well, not really. Try as he might, though, Tom McCall spent years untangling the message he sent to the world that night.

As McCall prepared to start his second term as Oregon's governor, CBS correspondent Terry Drinkwater asked him to sum up his views on conservation, which had already made him famous.

"Come visit us again and again," McCall said for Drinkwater's national audience. "But for heaven's sake, don't come here to live."
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Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:19 pm

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While we're on the subject of beautiful Nevada.......

You all know what state is the most mountainous in the US?








Yep.......Nevada!!
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Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:48 pm

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Coyote Ugly wrote:Well, I'm one of the inbred, ugly sons a b!#ches, that lives here, in the middle of this barren, God forsaken state, BUT, I too, hope and pray that all of the nice newcomers just keep on moving to wonderful, beautiful Vegas and Reno... cept for maybe, an oddball like Gump or Kevbert, which, they must be crazy, lazy, dusty, crusty an rusty just like the rest of us poor ignorant ba$%ards, in fact, I betcha a new Stetson hat, they don't even bitch that much when I fly over at 11' AGL, guns a-blazen... But, there's nothing here for normal people, nothing but pure-D ugliness, terrible terrible wind, homely fat wimmen, an pistol packin drunks. Please, please stay away, for your own good.

Birds of a feather flock together...and we all know what Coyotes do to birds. :twisted:
Please don't judge the rest of us just because we live in urbana.....sometimes I wish I were out in the middle of nowhere and had you for a neighbor...about 10 miles away would be plenty close..or anybody else for that matter. When I go out to my pastureland up in western SD, there is not a tree or structure for 8 miles...somehow as I get older I really like that. HC
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Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:49 pm

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Not to argue, but mountainous defined how? 'Cause Colorado has a lot of mountains, Utah has a lot of mountains, California has a lot of mountains, Washington has a lot of mountains, and Alaska which is larger than all those combined plus a little really has a lot of mountains, at least 11 mountain ranges which include 9 out of the 15 highest peaks in North America.
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Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:07 pm

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Headoutdaplane wrote:Not to argue, but mountainous defined how? 'Cause Colorado has a lot of mountains, Utah has a lot of mountains, California has a lot of mountains, Washington has a lot of mountains, and Alaska which is larger than all those combined plus a little really has a lot of mountains, at least 11 mountain ranges which include 9 out of the 15 highest peaks in North America.


http://www.nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/the-great-basin.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada

http://www.newtoreno.com/stats.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain
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Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:40 pm

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Coyote Ugly wrote:But, there's nothing here for normal people, nothing but pure-D ugliness, terrible terrible wind, homely fat wimmen, an pistol packin drunks.


Dang, I gets excited just readin' that. Especially the part about the homely fat wimmen. I do love it here.

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Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:12 pm

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Gump, nice signature. =D>
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Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:33 pm

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Headoutdaplane wrote:Not to argue, but mountainous defined how? 'Cause Colorado has a lot of mountains, Utah has a lot of mountains, California has a lot of mountains, Washington has a lot of mountains, and Alaska which is larger than all those combined plus a little really has a lot of mountains, at least 11 mountain ranges which include 9 out of the 15 highest peaks in North America.


It has the most peaks over 2000 agl (which some define as a "mountain") of any state except Alaska.

Alaska doesn't count because it isn't in the country. Oh, wait. But it isn't in the "continental" U.S. Er...well, OK,it just doesn't, dammit!

It's a marketing slogan. Don't worry about it too much. Point is, though not many climbers are flocking there (to the extreme relief of some on this board I'd wager) there are a heck of a lot of mountains.

Alaska has a lot of desert. Mention that if you want to mind**** a moron sometime.
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Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:58 pm

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steve wrote:Kevbert,

I was just curious how many acres in your plot of land? In the midwest, what is commonly known as a section is 640 acres and I know quarter sections (160 acres) are common terminology in the west. It looks like an interesting area, quite different than either of my back yards. It should be a fun place. Steve


My barren shithole is a section. 640 acres. 1 glorious mile by 1 glorious mile! :D

Actually, it's even bigger than that. It's impossible to perfectly map squares onto the surface of a sphere. So, sections are never exactly 640 acres. According to earthpoint.us, my section is 644 acres. Can you believe it! I got FOUR acres for FREE! Woo hoo!!!
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