April 2, 2018 - Gambling
As you know my humans and I are in Nevada. Nevada is also called the Silver State because silver played an important role in its history and economy. Its native name is Sage-hen State due to the many sage bushes. The Shoshone, Paiute and Washoe tribes inhabited the land that is now Nevada. The first Europeans that explored the region were the Spanish. It became the 36th state in 1864. Nevada is largely desert, well I figured that much by just looking around. Much of Nevada is within the Great Basin, the areas south of the Great Basin are within the Mojave Desert, while Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada lie on the western edge. In the earlier times Nevada was not populated very much. I completely understand why, there is nothing but dust, bushes and cactuses around here. How would somebody want to live here? Ok, I admit the mountains are beautiful as they change the color during the day depending on the weather and the time of the day. Yes, the sunsets are awesome and the night sky