Picto Diary - 29 May 2017 (Part I) - Syracuse and Winnemucca

Above: Archaeological Park. Siricusa, Sicilie. 29 May 2017.

TIMDT and cronies in Sicily.

Above: Ear of Dionysius. TIMDT and cronies. Syracuse, Sicily. 29 May 2017.

Above: Bishop at start of "Winnemucca to the Sea Highway. Winnemucca, NV. 29 May 2017.

AM walk around town. Bishop channels Butch Cassidy, who robbed
a bank here.

Wikepedia:

Cassidy, Longabaugh, and Carver traveled to Winnemucca, Nevada, where on September 19, 1900, they robbed the First National Bank of $32,640. In December, Cassidy posed alongside Longabaugh, Logan, Carver, and Ben Kilpatrick in Fort Worth, Texas for the now-famous "Fort Worth Five" photograph.[16] The Pinkerton Detective Agency obtained a copy of the photograph and began to use it for wanted posters.

Above: Bishop and the Humboldt River. Winnemucca, NV. 29 May 2017.

The mighty Humboldt River. Not at flood, but running as high as I have seen.

In mid 19th century, California pioneers and gold miners, trekking West, picked up the Humbolt (draining obscure ranges, like the Jarbidge in southern Idaho and Northern Nevada) near present day Elko, NV. They had come from southern Idaho by way of Fort Hall and City of Rocks. The Idaho route, though longer, had water and avoided the Great Salt Lake and it's stark, waterless desert.

The Donner Party hoping to benefit from the faster route West , directly across the Great Salt Lake Desert, learned the perils of their decision the hard way: They lost half their herd and had to give up much equipment and stores to make it across the desert. Adventure types willing to follow the Donner desert track today can still find abandoned Donner relics in the salt and sand.

The California bound pioneers followed the Humboldt across Nevada for 200 miles to the Humboldt Sink, where the water was soaked up by the desert.

The Truckee River was 50 miles further East from the Humboldt Sink, and the Sierra another 35 miles beyond that. 50 waterless miles was doable.

Above: Winnemucca honors Vets. Winnemucca, NV. 29 May 2017.

Addendum:

You are amazing, on The road again. I am cruising to the Amazon on Regent and went zip lining in St. Lucia on the way. Your trip had far better sights

Bridge,
Palm Beach, FL