Trip to Angel Lake and the Ruby Mountains

There is a road going from Wells to Angel Lake that is the scariest road in America, even worse than The Highway to the Sun at Glacier National Park in Montana. It is this little place and the guidebook we read does not mention anything about what it really is all about, and our photographs and videos did not do it justice. But there are no guardrails, and it ascends thousands of feet and you look down into a huge valley with the road you just ascended winding down on several levels below you, and just scream out of fear. We loved it! And we also loved the Animal Refuge Center at Ruby Lake, which is a series of marshy little ponds with lots of birds. The Ruby Mountains themselves are gorgeous and exotic looking, with lots of diverse shapes and colors. All along the highway anywhere in Nevada are millions of wild mustard bushes in bright yellows and they give everything a cheery aspect. The smell of the fresh sagebrush is wonderful as well. And the vastness of the landscape--the feeling of being "off the beaten path" pervades every drive. This is a wonderful state! We have enjoyed our stay enormously here, with Elko as our home base.