TIN CAMP - This is the Last One...

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Suffice it to day, Cindy and I bought ourselves another piece of Nevada. And, I have to say, it's actually something that we originally thought about keeping quiet but ultimately decided to share it with others being that we'd like to make it into a destination or a camp that we can have friends and family visit. Anyway, this time around, we got ourselves an 18 acre homestead located on the eastern edge of the state and in the foothills of the Snake Range. In fact, four of the 5 tallest peaks in the state are located here including Mount Wheeler, the largest gold nugget in Nevada was found nearby and it's also the location of Great Basin National Park and home the oldest trees in the world, Bristol Cone Pines.

In addition to the breath taking views, what drew us to this property is its remoteness. We literally have just one neighbor and they live across the highway. And specifically, the Loneliest Highway, also known as US 50. Everything else around us is BLM and National Forest beyond and of course, endless mile after mile of trails to explore, right outside our back gate. The property has 3 cabins on it, 2 RV sites with hookups, water to everything, septic and propane. While there is no direct electricity from a power company, all the cabins and RV sites are wired up for it and currently, are supplied by a generator. Other nice features include plenty of trees, a nice big pasture and an artesian well fed pond. The best part for us is that the property is situated in between hills and once on it, you literally see no one and nothing other than the mountains to the east and valley to the west.

Our plan for now is to clean it up, make in nicer and as mentioned, use it as a summer camp for friends and family. Deer and Elk hunting is really big out here and we might even make it into an ABB retreat during hunting season. Solar power is something we're already looking into to keep us totally off grid but we may look into bringing in real power down the road.

Anyway, here are a few pics that we took right after we got keys to the property.

This is the view from the front gate.
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Like being lead to a pot of gold, we were welcomed on to our new property with this beautiful rainbow overhead.
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Here you can see us parked in front of the original cabin.
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Standing on the front porch of the original cabin and looking out across the pasture.
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Shot looking back toward the front gate and highway and as you see, neither can be seen.
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This is what we call the log cabin and it sits furthest to the western side of the property.
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A few more shots from around the property just as the sun was going down.
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As far as why we call this place, "Tin Camp"? It's because of all the old rusty tins that you can find in piles across the property. Turns out that the homestead across the highway used to be an old saloon that operated for decades and dumped their old tins and bottles here. Looking through them, you can clearly see that some go back a hundred years or more and the newest of them date back to the late 60's to early 70's.
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Few other shots of things on the property.

Because of its remoteness, the original owner (the dad) had to be resourceful and built a lot of the original stuff out of recycled materials, including what he called, the Fire Hall. Not sure what this old iron riveted thing was but it is now the generator shed and main breaker.
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This is one of the numerous sheds on the property. Unfortunately, the tractor will not be staying.
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But, on this inside is this little Craftsman riding mower, that works and it will be staying.
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This is a stable that sits next to the lean-to of the shed.
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Here's a shot of the railroad tie garage and container.
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Inside the railroad tie garage is this bad boy and not only does it work, we get to keep it.
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It's super old school but it does have a loader and a PTO.
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This container is most likely where we will store solar batteries.
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This is the pond that's fed by an artesian well.
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Next to the pond is this covered picnic table and fire pit.
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View from the back gate and wide open wilderness beyond.
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Here are a few ariel shots of the property.
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Anyway, just thought I'd share with you guys what we've been up to. If you ever have the time and are interested in seeing what real cowboy country is like, we'd love to have you visit with us here. Tons to do, tons to explore and I think you'd like it :cool:
 
Just before SEMA, Cindy and I got a chance to spend a few days out at the new camp and I have to say, it was surprisingly nice not having any internet or cell service. Here are a few pics from our stay.

Being that the A-Frame cabin is the the most modern and well kept, we decided to make it home.
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While the cabins are wired up for electricity, there something going on at the fuse box or breaker box and we weren't able to quite figure out on this trip and so, we didn't have any or at least, not in this cabin. However, the place is plumbed with propane lights and that's what you're seeing it lighted up with here.
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Of course, the stove runs off of propane as well and so that's what we used to cook over very first meal.
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Yes, it's just ramen but what are ya gonna do when you come in late LOL
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CHEERS to our new place!
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I did have enough time to setup our new bed though and it made for a very nice sleep :)
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View from the balcony the next morning and looking to the north.
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View looking down the roof to the south.
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Shot across the meadow looking toward Pilot Knob Ridge.
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Taking a walk and looking toward the east.
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A couple shots of the pond.
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View looking to the north and across the camp.
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The following evening, we decided to have a campfire, just because we could and it was so nice out.
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CHEERS!
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Unfortunately, winter was coming and so the main purpose for this trip was to spend a little time here before we couldn't and more importantly, to winterize it. Of course, that was a real bummer being that the weather was still so nice but with all that we had going on with SEMA, Thanksgiving and Christmas, this was the only real chance we had to do it.
 
That is a WAY COOL piece of land and a huge congratulations to you two! Nice to see everything seems to be in a restorable state as well, will make for one hell of a project and I'm sure the new Gladiator will see the use too. Absolutely beautiful landscape and it'd be great to have a WAL run start or end there someday... ;)
 
WOW huge congrats guys! That is a really cool property with so much character and a ton of possibilities. Can’t wait to see what you guys do with it and what exploring you do around the property.
 
That is a WAY COOL piece of land and a huge congratulations to you two! Nice to see everything seems to be in a restorable state as well, will make for one hell of a project and I'm sure the new Gladiator will see the use too. Absolutely beautiful landscape and it'd be great to have a WAL run start or end there someday... ;)
For sure the new Gladiator we bought was in part to help out here and yes, we would very much love to do a run that started from or ended here. In addition to the cabins and RV spots, there are a lot of good camp sites as well.
WOW huge congrats guys! That is a really cool property with so much character and a ton of possibilities. Can’t wait to see what you guys do with it and what exploring you do around the property.
Thank you, we really do appreciate it and we're very much looking forward to fixing things up and maybe more importantly, to do some exploring around the area :)
 
Congratulations Sir! Those are some beautiful views. Lots of room for entertaining and exploring the vast wilderness.
 
Congratulations Sir! Those are some beautiful views. Lots of room for entertaining and exploring the vast wilderness.
Thank you! The views and the vast wilderness are definitely why we wanted this place and very much look forward to entertaining on it :)
What an awesome find! You will have some great times there and it looks like Ripley approves! 😄

Artesian well? That sounds to me like the base ingredient for beer and whiskey. 🤔
Thank you and yes, Ripley LOVES it out there. Would love to have you and Tracie out to visit as well.

As far as beer and whiskey goes... I definitely like the sounds of that 😁
 
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