NEVADA
There is in me a lust to embrace
this stark land
of snow dusted peaks
gypsum
lakes
Archean sand
To melt in the rock
rise
with the clouds
and ride
with the wind
follow each raindrop
beginning
to end
Where ranges run for hundreds of
miles
meandering rivers
valleys
of sage
parallel
isles
With scattered cities that
glitter at night
created by dreamers
far-open
clusters
of colored
starlight
And cities abandoned, masked in
the sage
broken glass litter
headstones
and headframes
distorted
with age
Where on distant passes
you can
see heaven's gate
last year and tomorrow
look
ten million years
into layers
of slate
As though some ancient weaver
with
fabric of the planet
created this tapestry
sewn in
the rocks
stitched in
the granite
God how I love it
it's
part of my soul
its grits in my blood
engraved
on my brain
won't ever
let go
-- The Drifter
Nevada's Ghost Towns
GRAVE, OPHIR CANYON
An eternal vista of this ever-changing Central Nevada valley is the resting place for one of the many residents of the once thriving town of Ophir, in Nye County.
Nevada's ghost towns are some of its most famous and interesting tourist destinations. The following links will take you to some of them.
A nice collection of ghost town pictures.
The town of Aurora, Nevada