Going from Verdi to Elko, involves crossing the desert. Nevada = Desert, and in the desert, like in the desert, all is whitish and dry. Apparently here there once was a body of water. Not to long ago though because if one made a deep footprint, the soft,  wet dirt would surface.
We also left our mark. The Myszne mark. Made out of black stones which we are not really sure what they were since some of them smelled very bad. This place was probably a marsh, not too long ago.