FOR RUBY TUESDAY, OVER AT MARY'S WORK OF THE POET, these pictures from our recently completed cross-country roadtrip.
Now make the grass red. Now all you good Nevada boys and girls, take out your box of color crayons and make the sky blue.
Because that's just the way it is on this road between Denio and Winnemucca Nevada.
The Nevada outback is definitely a place where you are happy to have something different to notice.
(My second-grade teacher would surely have failed me if I'd used this color on grass, but then we didn't live in Nevada.)
I love your comment about the color of the grass and your teacher, too funny. Really interesting grasses, great view.
Posted by: MarieElizabeth | July 18, 2011 at 05:28 PM
The US is so amazing in the many different climates and natural wonders. These pics are incredible. I love touring around with you!
Posted by: Nan | July 16, 2011 at 07:07 AM
Yep, Nevada is the best kept secret in the US! Everyone thinks it is just a "desert"...hardly. So glad you are enjoying your trip and thanks for sharing such great pictures, have a safe, fun filled time!
Posted by: Mary McDonald | July 15, 2011 at 07:44 AM
Oh my goodness...I love these pics! Road trips are just the best...watching the scenery change with every turn of the road always fascinates me. I do hope to get back and explore Colorado further...:)
Posted by: Lynette Killam | July 14, 2011 at 09:29 PM
Beautiful that reddish grass! It changes the whole atmosphere of the place!
Posted by: jeannette StG | July 13, 2011 at 12:29 AM
oh that is beautiful! definitely not your typical landscape! gorgeous!
Posted by: TexWisGirl | July 12, 2011 at 10:47 AM
I know what you mean about Nevada. Last year we took Highway 50 - The Loneliest Road in the US. It had it's own beauty and I actually liked the lack of traffic. I like the red grass and the deep blue sky in your photos.
Posted by: Margot | July 12, 2011 at 10:45 AM
that's a lovely sight! We have a reddish grass here too, but I've never seen it growing that red!
Posted by: Crafty Green Poet | July 12, 2011 at 06:56 AM
Mother Natures color pallet is quite diverse.. when the landscape gets boring she changes the ordinary into extraordinary.. and that my friend is exactly what your awesome photos show.
Thanks for my dose of morning beauty, Sallie.. it made me smile :D
Pam
Posted by: Pam | July 12, 2011 at 05:49 AM
Stunning colours and beautiful shots ! It seems it's very hot, isn't it ?
Posted by: Annie | July 12, 2011 at 05:28 AM
Beautiful sceneries. Happy RT!
Mine's here.
Posted by: Maria @ LSS | July 11, 2011 at 08:34 PM
We often travel this route from CO to CA. I know I'm at Winnemucca when I see the big "W" on the hillside! (Better than the "BM" at Battle Mountain!)
Posted by: Barb | July 11, 2011 at 06:53 PM
Beautiful photos - there's something special about the Nevada desert, even just seen from I-15. My art teachers always failed me as I had no talent - it was the one class that could bring me to tears when I was growing up.
Posted by: Al | July 11, 2011 at 05:58 PM
Wow...very rugged yet beautiful.
Posted by: janis | July 11, 2011 at 05:54 PM
Stunning landscape and the sky is such a beautiful contrast.
Posted by: Carver | July 11, 2011 at 05:41 PM
Beautiful landscape and beautiful photos.
Posted by: Mona Sweden | July 11, 2011 at 02:51 PM
ITS so colorful!! Love Nevada--its beautiful!!
Posted by: Sondra | July 11, 2011 at 02:06 PM
Same here because we all thought that grass should be green and brown when it's drought time. My first time to see a red grass too and now I could debate to anybody that there is a red grass hehe ^_^
Barn & Cherries are red
Posted by: Kim,USA | July 11, 2011 at 01:12 PM
Catchy title, catchy post.
Posted by: Clair Z. | July 11, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Wow-is it the soil or the heat that causes this???
Posted by: Hazel | July 11, 2011 at 11:14 AM