Winnemucca Blog

Barack Obama (or rather, probably a staffer) posted a photo to his Flickr account. Was he in town?

Carry-On Trailer is looking for a General Manager.
Details here.

Google is looking for people to go from business to business to collect information for Google Maps, and they’ll pay $10 for every company you talk to. The Humboldt County Chamber of Commerce has over 200 members. How many other local businesses aren’t members? Think of the money you could make just […]

Associated Press:
A leaking truckload of corrosive fluid forced the evacuation Tuesday of an Interstate 80 rest stop near Winnemucca, the Nevada Highway Patrol said. No injuries were reported.
NHP Trooper Chuck Allen said about 25 to 30 gallons of ferric chloride spilled from a trailer transporting about 3,500 gallons of the material from Tacoma, Wash., to […]

Speaking of bunnies (see previous post), another Craigslist ad has a free bunny to a good home:
Darling black and white male bunny. Our two males are not getting along anymore and we can’t keep them both. He’s 5 month old and weighs 3 lbs. Very friendly and outgoing. He’s a houserabbit and is well behaved […]

Via Craigslist comes this offer of a ride out of town:
We’re leaving the Winnemucca/Battle Mountain area on Friday the 10th, stopping in Reno to check out Hot August Nights for a couple of hours, and then continuing out to Sacramento along I-80. For $20 in gas money you can ride along. We can drop off […]

Things have been a bit hectic recently, and I’ve been neglecting this blog. Sorry about that!
We now return to our regularly scheduled blog posting.