Minden is just south of Carson City and is located in Carson Valley.  The afternoons get VERY windy and another resident of the RV Park stopped by the first day to let us know to close our awning in the afternoons because of the wind.

The day we got here there was a fire over the hill to the south of us, we could see the flames that first evening after dark.  The fire was put out the next day but there was a lot of smoke in the air.

There were a lot of clouds along with the smoke and it make for some great pictures.  This is at sunset but looking east!