Virgin Valley Campground

We left Winnemucca around 10:00 AM, stopping for gas on the way out of town ($3.099/gallon).

We vacillated as to which way to go: US-95 all the way into Oregon, or cutting off on SR-140 and heading north. We decided on the latter route, and, although it was a bit out of our way, decided to go back to the Virgin Valley Campground in the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge...a place we'd stayed last year. Stopping at a pullout to have lunch, we spotted a small herd of Pronghorn Antelope, and, later, a small herd of wild burros which are common on the Refuge. Unfortunately, we weren't able to stop to take pictures of the burros.

This is a nice, quiet campground...no services, but it's free. The Royal Peacock Opal Mine is down the road, but doesn't open until May 15, so we're too early again this year to go and dig for our own opals.

Miles driven: 124.6
GPS coordinates: N41.85245 / W119.00225