Elaine Quilici
Carson City couple tour Alaska's Denali by air, land on Ruth Glacier
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 07/04/2019 - 3:52pm
Carson City residents Don and Elaine Quilici returned recently from vacationing in Alaska, where they were treated to an airplane ride of a lifetime, touring Denali, the highest point in North America at 20,320 feet and then landing the tour aircraft on Ruth Glacier, which is 3,000 feet thick.
What's happening around Carson City for Thursday, March 21
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 03/21/2019 - 8:42am
Good morning, Carson City. Today is Thursday, March 21, 2019. If there's something we can always count on the last 10 days of March, besides the NCAA basketball championships, is unsettled weather. We can expect showers this morning with some clearing this afternoon. Speaking of NCAA basketball, the 7th ranked Nevada Wolf Pack Men's basketball team will face 10th ranked Florida Gators today, 3:50 p.m.
Some of the last Fall colors in Woodfords Canyon and near Sorenson's Resort
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 10/17/2018 - 2:34pm
While much of the Sierra's tree colors having already peaked, there's still some time to see what nature has turned and what it has left behind. These photos were taken by Elaine Quilici on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018.
Snow blankets Carson City neighborhoods
Submitted by Brett Fisher on Fri, 03/16/2018 - 9:01am
Carson City resident Elaine Quilici took these pictures of snow outside of her Carson City residence Friday morning as a powerful winter storm moved into the area overnight.
Taking life easy near the Governor's Mansion
Submitted by editor on Tue, 02/14/2017 - 3:43pm
This photo taken Tuesday afternoon by Elaine Quilici near the Governor's Mansion in Carson City.
Carson City neighborhood deer rest, dine and dash
Submitted by editor on Wed, 11/18/2015 - 3:41pm
A few visitors came over to the Quilici home on Nevada Street for lunch Wednesday. These bucks, does and fawns have paid Don and Elaine Quilici, Carson Now's Outdoor editor and photographer Emeritus and Emerita, a visit to their west side Carson City home over the past two days, enjoying cool temperatures, forage and trying to stay out of the way of motorists.
Don Q's Nevada and Northern California fishing report for week of Feb. 4
Submitted by editor on Wed, 02/04/2015 - 12:07am
Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of Feb. 4-10, 2015.
Outdoors with Don Q: Sad ending for a once great organization
Submitted by editor on Thu, 01/15/2015 - 10:56amThe Ormsby Sportsmen's Association of Carson City has announced that it has disbanded and closed its doors after an existence of almost 70 years, beginning way back in August, 1945.
A reminder of an old adage on this Thanksgiving Day
Submitted by editor on Thu, 11/27/2014 - 6:51am
Once again, as an annual reminder for this time of the year, when you get ready to sit down to your big, Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings, you might want to remember that old saying: “You are what you eat.”
So:
Outdoors with Don Q: Make plans this fall to visit Apple Hill
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 10/16/2014 - 1:03pm
A party of eight friends just returned from a fun-filled day at Apple Hill, California. Those ladies were: Mary Bottoms, Laurie Harig, Patti Isaman, Mary Morris, Elaine Quilici and Kathi Quilici, all of Carson City, plus Emily Bradburn and Carolyn Harton of Dayton. For three of them, it was their first tour-bus visit to Apple Hill.
And if you are a newcomer to our area or if you have never been there, fall is a great time of the year to visit Apple Hill like they did.
If you are a newcomer, about now you are probably wondering, “What and where in the heck is Apple Hill?”
Don Q's Nevada and Northern California fishing report for week of Oct. 8
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 10/08/2014 - 1:02am
Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of Oct. 8-14, 2014.
Outdoors with Don Q: Enjoy a summer day at cooler high altitudes
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 07/10/2014 - 10:57am
Now that we are at that time of the year that I hate (daytime temperatures near, at or over 100 degrees), my thoughts drift off to hiking and fishing for trout at higher altitudes where it is cooler than here in Carson City.
When our local summer temperatures are over 80 degrees, it is miserably hot – hot – hot for this poor, sweltering soul.
Outdoors with Don Q: Good news for some is bad news for others
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 07/03/2014 - 11:17am
We have a small, comfortable home, built in the late 1940's, located in the older west side of Carson City, and we recently discovered that what is considered good news for some is actually bad news for others in our particular neighborhood. Let me explain what I mean:
Outdoors with Don Q: Celebrating my third anniversary at Carson Now
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 02/06/2014 - 12:16am
Feb. 9, 2014 marks a special day in the life of yours truly. It is my three-year anniversary, writing about the Great Outdoors at Carson Now.
Three years! Time certainly flies when you are having fun, and it has been both a totally enjoyable and memorable three years of writing about all kinds of activities in the Great Outdoors, both near and far away.
Outdoors with Don Q: Work now to smell the roses when summer arrives
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 01/09/2014 - 1:07pm
If you are like me, I would be willing to bet that by now, you are feeling trapped in your home by our winter weather.
And, as a die-hard winter addict, I love cold days, frosty nights, frigid temperatures, deep snow, thick ice, long hours of darkness and the starkness of our landscapes in the wintertime. However, I must admit that sometimes our winter season even wears me down a little bit.
So, when I am tired of browsing on the internet, playing card games on my computer and feel like the walls are closing in on me, I take some remedial action that you, too, might try.
Carson City deer find plenty to feast on the first week of the new year
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 01/07/2014 - 5:42pm
Elaine Quilici of Carson City, wife of Outdoors editor Don Quilici, took these photos of mule deer on Monday, Jan. 6. The first photo is of a buck standing just off the Kings Canyon Road.
Other photos are deer in the general area of the Governor's Mansion on the west side of Carson City.
Note the mail man and mail truck in photo No. 05.
Merry Christmas to You and Yours from our cabin
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 12/24/2013 - 6:09am
A very merry Christmas to all of you from the Quilici cabin, which is located near Davis Lake, Calif.
The cabin is on a gravel road that the county does not plow in the wintertime, so when it snows, we have to snowshoe to reach it. It is our favorite location for spending Christmas every year.
Don Q's Nevada and Northern California fishing report for week of Nov. 13
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 11/12/2013 - 11:15pmHere is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for the week of Nov. 13. Friday, Nov. 15 is the last day to fish in most California waterways. Go here to learn more. Opening day for California fishing is the last Saturday in April.
Outdoors with Don Q: Why five adults were crying Monday and Tuesday
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 10/24/2013 - 11:06am
For the record, four adults (Chuck and Barbara Van Hise, plus Don and Elaine Quilici, all of Carson City) were crying at the Van Hise home on the afternoon of October 21. And, then the following afternoon, we would be joined by my son Jim, crying at his home.
Why was everyone crying on those two fateful days in late October?
Was it because someone had died? Nope.
Was it because someone had a serious illness? Nope.
Was it because someone had a serious injury? Nope.
Was it because there had been some bad news? Nope.
Fall color drive through Washoe Valley makes for great photo session
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sat, 10/19/2013 - 2:23pm
These photos were taken by Elaine Quilici and Rob Buonamici on Saturday in Washoe Valley on Old U.S. 395 and the old Franktown Road.
Outdoors with Don Q: Head to Apple Hill for fresh fruit, veggies and wine selections
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 10/11/2013 - 12:31am-
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Six local ladies just returned from an enjoyable, day-long visit to Apple Hill. They were: Mary Bottoms, Patricia Isaman, Mary Morris and Elaine Quilici of Carson City plus Emily Bradburn and Lorraine Scholes of Dayton.
The ladies were six of the passengers on a special, once-a-year, chartered bus that traveled to Apple Hill from the Carson Senior Center.
If you are a newcomer to our area or if you have never been there, fall is a great time of the year to visit Apple Hill. And, if you are a newcomer, you are probably wondering, “What and where in the heck is Apple Hill?”
Fall colors take shape near Bishop
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 10/04/2013 - 8:35am
Headed south for the weekend? Fall quaking aspen trees are changing rapidly in the South Bishop Creek area, west of Bishop Calif. These photos were taken on September 25-26-27 by Don and Elaine Quilici.
Below is a report courtesy of Jared Smith of Parchers Resort.
Overall Conditions above 8,500 ft 75 - 100%
The higher reaches of the canyon is going off right now with many areas peaking, some areas nearing peak and a few of the highest areas past peak.
Don Q Outdoors: Go high to fish before it's too late
Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/26/2013 - 1:59pm
It’s now officially Fall and it's that unique time of the year again.
This is when the days are very noticeably shorter, the weather is much crisper and Old Man Winter is lurking just around the corner, with all of his cold, frost, snow and ice.
If you were not aware of it, The Sierra Nevada Mountains got their first snow of the year this last Saturday! Winter is on its way!
So, if you would like a last try at fishing some of our higher altitude lakes before they freeze up or are closed for the 2013 season on November 15, here are some suggestions on where to go:
Don Q Outdoors: Go high to have fun, fish and stay cool
Submitted by admin on Thu, 07/25/2013 - 8:39am
Sigh, it’s that time of the year again.
This is my annual reminder that if you’re someone like me, summer’s sweltering heat is not much fun. I do not like summer months.
I am an outdoors person who dearly loves the cold, frost, ice and snow of winter, and I absolutely and totally wilt at this time of the year.
And, especially, right now, with our record-setting temps in triple digits.
I am miserable and grouchy during hot weather months.
To be honest, I dislike the weather anytime it gets past 80-85 degrees.
Rally for wild horses in front of Nevada Legislature in Carson City
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 03/07/2013 - 2:37pm
Dozens of wild horse advocates held signs Thursday in front of the Nevada Legislature in Carson City to protest last week's decision by the BLM to remove a band of 11 wild horses from the outskirts of town.
Outdoors with Don Q: Enter a fish contest, catch a nice fish and win money
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 01/10/2013 - 5:30pm
This is my annual reminder that if you like to fish in the State of Nevada, you might be interested in entering the 2013 Ormsby Sportsmen’s Association (OSA) fishing contest.
This annual contest is inexpensive, you can have fun fishing during the year and you might even win some nice cash, just before Christmas. If you’re interested, here is all kinds of information on that contest:
Ormsby Sportsmen’s Association
OSA is a local sportsmen’s organization for hunters and fishermen, with 220-plus paid-up members last year.
Deer make their way to Carson City neighborhoods
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 01/02/2013 - 5:42pm
Elaine Quilici of Carson City, wife of Carson Now Outdoor editor Don Quilici, took these great deer photos over on the west side of town, near the Governor's Mansion, last week.
Don Q's Fishing Report for week of Nov. 21-27
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 11/21/2012 - 11:46am
Here is the fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, Southern Oregon and the Sierra for the week of Nov. 21 through Nov. 27.
Where the llama and antelope play ...
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Mon, 11/12/2012 - 9:30am
In the main photo, this "King of the Hill" was spotted last Saturday afternoon along California State Route 70, just west of Chilcoot. In the second photo, two Pronghorn Antelope are spotted along California S.R 70 near the Beckwourth Airport.
Photos by Elaine Quilici
Outdoors with Don Q: Wildlife in the area of the 'Quilici Cabin'
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 11/01/2012 - 7:58pm
By way of background, the “Quilici Cabin” is located in a rural area of Plumas County at an elevation of exactly 6,000 feet on a steep hillside between Portola and Davis Lake in Northern California; and it is jointly owned by Jim, Kathi, Don and Elaine Quilici, all of Carson City.
That two-story cabin was built back in 2003, and from our deck, you have a spectacular, world-class view of the surrounding groves of pine trees and quaking aspen trees plus the nearby and the faraway mountains.
