Comments on: Fly Geyser: One of Nevada’s Little Surprises http://blog.visitrenotahoe.com/2006/06/14/fly-geyser-one-of-nevadas-little-surprises/ Loving America's Adventure Place Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:40:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: gabe watts http://blog.visitrenotahoe.com/2006/06/14/fly-geyser-one-of-nevadas-little-surprises/#comment-20382 gabe watts Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:55:34 +0000 http://blog.rscva.com/?p=147#comment-20382 How do you get in touch with the caretaker of Fly Geyser and is daybreak or sunset the best time to take photos? Where is the best place to spend the night? Thanks, Gabe Watts How do you get in touch with the caretaker of Fly
Geyser and is daybreak or sunset the best time
to take photos?

Where is the best place to spend the night?

Thanks,

Gabe Watts

]]> By: Kristy http://blog.visitrenotahoe.com/2006/06/14/fly-geyser-one-of-nevadas-little-surprises/#comment-13646 Kristy Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:25:50 +0000 http://blog.rscva.com/?p=147#comment-13646 Gene, you have offered some very good information here. I wonder, do you (or does anyone else) have an update on visiting the Fly Geyser since the last post (May 2007). I would love to plan a trip there this year and wonder if contacting Bill Spoo via snail mail is still the way to go in order to make an appointment to shoot some photos. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks again, Kristy Gene, you have offered some very good information here. I wonder, do you (or does anyone else) have an update on visiting the Fly Geyser since the last post (May 2007). I would love to plan a trip there this year and wonder if contacting Bill Spoo via snail mail is still the way to go in order to make an appointment to shoot some photos. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks again,
Kristy

]]> By: Rich Moreno http://blog.visitrenotahoe.com/2006/06/14/fly-geyser-one-of-nevadas-little-surprises/#comment-6182 Rich Moreno Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:15:56 +0000 http://blog.rscva.com/?p=147#comment-6182 liz: I also have a blog you can check out. The address is http://backyardtraveler.blogspot.com. It includes stories from all over Nevada. Rich Moreno liz:

I also have a blog you can check out. The address is http://backyardtraveler.blogspot.com. It includes stories from all over Nevada.

Rich Moreno

]]> By: liz http://blog.visitrenotahoe.com/2006/06/14/fly-geyser-one-of-nevadas-little-surprises/#comment-6123 liz Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:02:36 +0000 http://blog.rscva.com/?p=147#comment-6123 thank you for all the wonderful photos and places to visit in reno and nevada. i will be going to reno in two weeks time and you have giving me many great places to visit, thank-you again Liz thank you for all the wonderful photos and places to visit in reno and nevada.
i will be going to reno in two weeks time and you have giving me many great places to visit,
thank-you again
Liz

]]> By: Gene http://blog.visitrenotahoe.com/2006/06/14/fly-geyser-one-of-nevadas-little-surprises/#comment-5161 Gene Sun, 20 May 2007 01:23:46 +0000 http://blog.rscva.com/?p=147#comment-5161 Upon arriving at Gerlach, I asked a fellow (Bill) at the Gerlach Shell Station, the first business in Gerlach, about the Geyser and he asked if I had an appointment. When I told him that I had tried everything I could to find out how to get in touch with the contact, he told me that the person to contact is Bill Spoo and that you can write him simply at: Bill Spoo Gerlach, NV 89412 No phone number, just snail mail to the Gerlach Post Office. I also asked him if I could share this and he said it would be OK. He also stated that if you make an appointment, be there on time. He is happy to meet you there, but "nothing ticks him off more that no shows' I got a few good shots of the Geyser from the road (about a quarter mile away), but since I didn't have a tripod to give me the stability I needed, they aren't any better than to permit me to say I saw it and have photos to prove it. I was shooting with my Nikon D80 and the 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens at 300mm and f5.6. Upon arriving at Gerlach, I asked a fellow (Bill) at the Gerlach Shell Station, the first business in Gerlach, about the Geyser and he asked if I had an appointment. When I told him that I had tried everything I could to find out how to get in touch with the contact, he told me that the person to contact is Bill Spoo and that you can write him simply at:

Bill Spoo
Gerlach, NV 89412

No phone number, just snail mail to the Gerlach Post Office.

I also asked him if I could share this and he said it would be OK. He also stated that if you make an appointment, be there on time. He is happy to meet you there, but “nothing ticks him off more that no shows’

I got a few good shots of the Geyser from the road (about a quarter mile away), but since I didn’t have a tripod to give me the stability I needed, they aren’t any better than to permit me to say I saw it and have photos to prove it. I was shooting with my Nikon D80 and the 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens at 300mm and f5.6.

]]> By: Gene http://blog.visitrenotahoe.com/2006/06/14/fly-geyser-one-of-nevadas-little-surprises/#comment-5060 Gene Mon, 14 May 2007 03:57:39 +0000 http://blog.rscva.com/?p=147#comment-5060 I placed a call to Todd & Dawn Jaksick yesterday and left a message on their answering machine to email me if they could give me a contact for Fly Geyser. I have received no response so far. I am going to be in the Reno/Tahoe area Friday afternoon, May 18 through Monday morning, May 21 and would really like to get some pictures from inside the fence if possible. Is the Geyser on the East side of NV 34 or West? I placed a call to Todd & Dawn Jaksick yesterday and left a message on their answering machine to email me if they could give me a contact for Fly Geyser. I have received no response so far. I am going to be in the Reno/Tahoe area Friday afternoon, May 18 through Monday morning, May 21 and would really like to get some pictures from inside the fence if possible.

Is the Geyser on the East side of NV 34 or West?

]]> By: Rich Moreno http://blog.visitrenotahoe.com/2006/06/14/fly-geyser-one-of-nevadas-little-surprises/#comment-4997 Rich Moreno Tue, 08 May 2007 18:53:33 +0000 http://blog.rscva.com/?p=147#comment-4997 As best as I can tell, the property on which Fly Geyser sits is owned by the Sam Jaksick family of Reno, which acquired it in 1998. Sam Jaksick is a Reno developer, owner of Montreux Golf Course, and the property appears to be managed by his son, Todd Jaksick. The Jaksick company offices are at 4005 Quail Rock Lane, Reno, NV, and the only phone number I could find for Todd Jaksick was 775-849-7978. I tried to reach Todd a couple of years ago but was unsuccessful in getting my calls returned. I believe that a few years ago the Jaksicks tried to swap the Fly Geyser land with the federal government for some land in Clark County but apparently that deal didn't happen. I also vaguely recall reading about a plan to build a power plant near the geyser but don't know what happened with that. As best as I can tell, the property on which Fly Geyser sits is owned by the Sam Jaksick family of Reno, which acquired it in 1998. Sam Jaksick is a Reno developer, owner of Montreux Golf Course, and the property appears to be managed by his son, Todd Jaksick. The Jaksick company offices are at 4005 Quail Rock Lane, Reno, NV, and the only phone number I could find for Todd Jaksick was 775-849-7978. I tried to reach Todd a couple of years ago but was unsuccessful in getting my calls returned. I believe that a few years ago the Jaksicks tried to swap the Fly Geyser land with the federal government for some land in Clark County but apparently that deal didn’t happen. I also vaguely recall reading about a plan to build a power plant near the geyser but don’t know what happened with that.

]]> By: Gene http://blog.visitrenotahoe.com/2006/06/14/fly-geyser-one-of-nevadas-little-surprises/#comment-4995 Gene Tue, 08 May 2007 16:17:23 +0000 http://blog.rscva.com/?p=147#comment-4995 I contacted the Washoe County Ownership/Property Data section of the Assessor's Office in Reno to ask about ownership of the property where Fly Geyser is located. I was informed that they had to know more specific information: plat number, owner's name, etc. I then contacted Bruno's Country Club and Motel in Gerlach to see if they could give me any info on the contact. They would not indicate that they knew anything about the contact for Fly Ranch or Fly Geyser. I got the initial info on the Assessor's Office from The Nature Conservancy Office in Reno. I contacted the Washoe County Ownership/Property Data section of the Assessor’s Office in Reno to ask about ownership of the property where Fly Geyser is located. I was informed that they had to know more specific information: plat number, owner’s name, etc. I then contacted Bruno’s Country Club and Motel in Gerlach to see if they could give me any info on the contact. They would not indicate that they knew anything about the contact for Fly Ranch or Fly Geyser.

I got the initial info on the Assessor’s Office from The Nature Conservancy Office in Reno.

]]> By: Gene http://blog.visitrenotahoe.com/2006/06/14/fly-geyser-one-of-nevadas-little-surprises/#comment-4926 Gene Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:22:09 +0000 http://blog.rscva.com/?p=147#comment-4926 Has anyone heard from the messages above? Any suggestions to solve this puzzle? If I find out how to contact a caretaker, I will post it here. Has anyone heard from the messages above? Any suggestions to solve this puzzle? If I find out how to contact a caretaker, I will post it here.

]]> By: Donna http://blog.visitrenotahoe.com/2006/06/14/fly-geyser-one-of-nevadas-little-surprises/#comment-4892 Donna Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:41:05 +0000 http://blog.rscva.com/?p=147#comment-4892 As per the other posts, can someone provide the number for the caretaker. I would really like to see this and it is a quick trip for me from Reno. As per the other posts, can someone provide the number for the caretaker. I would really like to see this and it is a quick trip for me from Reno.

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