Specialty Playing Cards Just for Mom

Regular playing cards just don't have large enough letters to be
able to see if a person is legally blind!! Mom asked me to design some playing cards just for her, she is one of those people, and she loves to play cards and is not ready to give up quite yet! My sister and I enjoyed an afternoon playing cards with Mom. Before I left, she had many other suggestions for games for the low vision impaired. I can see I will be busy!!

Rhyolite National Historic Site

The largest ghost town in Death Valley. It was the third larget city in Nevada by 1908. And the population reached approximately 10,000 in the city during its peak between 1905-1911. Many ruins remain today. The jail still remains with steel doors and barred windows. There is also a two room brothel house approximately 50 feet from the jail. The Tonopah Railroad Depot was completed in 1909 and is still standing today.

Tom Kelly Bottle House and Cook Bank

The bottle house was one of three bottle houses to be built in Rhyolite. Mr. Kelly used approximately 30,000 bottles before he completed the house. He didn't wash them because water lines had not been laid yet. It took him 5 1/2 months to complete the house. Lewis Murphy took care of the bottle house from 1936 until 1954. He invited tourists to view the townsite. This was the beginning of Rhyolite becoming a popular ghost town. Many other ruins still remain today including the three-story bank building, the largest building in Rhyolite. It cost Mr. Cook $90,000 to build. No matter where you stood you could see the Cook Bank building. This building is the most photographed ruin the State of Nevada.

Beatty California

Beatty is the Gateway to Death Valley. While Rhyolite didn't survive,
Beatty still remains a very small town. The Beatty Information Center has general information on all aspects of Death Valley and visiting the national park. The town of Beatty, Nevada, on U.S. Route 95, is approximately 120 miles north of Las Vegas. Beatty is one of the easter portals to DeathValley National Park.

Mt. Charleston

Mt. Charleston is approximately one hour from Las Vegas, and always so beautiful. Especially this time of year. We picked one of the busiest weekends of the year as there were hundreds of families enjoying the snow at Mt. Charleston.

Death Valley National Park - Furnace Creek

Friends from California visited us and we took them to Death Valley and toured the Borax Museum. This was their first trip to Death Valley. Approximately 20 miles is Badwater, the lowest point in North America. A person can spend all day touring Death Valley, as there are many things to see.