Note: here is a link to the Quick Pics of the Reno show and trip:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/7041/
I'll start a reporting thread here - although the show does not start until Thursday (expo) and Wed. (education).
Webwidow and I flew out to Reno on Sunday to do a little sightseeing and then she (and I later) will go to Berkeley to visit our daughter.
Flew right over the Rockies, waved to MSG....LOTS of snow still down around there.
Had a 3 hour layover in Vegas, and needed breakfast so I suggested Wynns new place as somewhere that might be a bit upscale. We took a shuttle downtown and walked to Wynns - it is really all nice and pretty new. After a fine breakfast ($50) with dueling coffee pots, fresh squeezed OJ and Strawberries on the waffle, I took a moment to clean up while Webwidow hit the slots. She came back in 10 minutes with an extra $100, which more than took care of breakfast and transportation....bye, bye, Vegas - the big spenders have left!
Into Reno - has grown a bunch since I've been here last. Big housing developments always look strange set into brown desert hills with no trees. Anyone who wonders why pellets are so popular out here can take one look and figure it out - it's quite a distance up into those mountains where the trees are!
Got the rental car and steered toward Lake Tahoe where we are staying. A really pretty ride as you climb from 70 degree Reno into the snow covered hills around the lake. Lake Tahoe sits at 6,000 feet above sea level, and the snow pack typically starts right around that height. Many times there will be no snow at the lake but tons of it a few hundred feet up from there.
Checked into Harrahs in Reno, ate at my favorite fresh mexican place and then walked around the Casino downstairs. Webwidow lost a quick $20, but I had another 20 and I gave it to her and told her to site at the "Wheel of Fortune" slots...only on seat was empty. She took it and started spinning - and losing quick. She was about to walk away when I told her "keep spinning, you'll get the Wheel sooner or later". The ladies sitting on each side also told here to bet 3 at a time.
Bling, Bling, Bling - all of a sudden she wins and it goes up to 900 Quarters - about $225. - not bad, so she walks away and gets the cash.
I'm certain we will spend that and more, but it's nice to have a little of the Casinos money...if only temporarily.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/7041/
I'll start a reporting thread here - although the show does not start until Thursday (expo) and Wed. (education).
Webwidow and I flew out to Reno on Sunday to do a little sightseeing and then she (and I later) will go to Berkeley to visit our daughter.
Flew right over the Rockies, waved to MSG....LOTS of snow still down around there.
Had a 3 hour layover in Vegas, and needed breakfast so I suggested Wynns new place as somewhere that might be a bit upscale. We took a shuttle downtown and walked to Wynns - it is really all nice and pretty new. After a fine breakfast ($50) with dueling coffee pots, fresh squeezed OJ and Strawberries on the waffle, I took a moment to clean up while Webwidow hit the slots. She came back in 10 minutes with an extra $100, which more than took care of breakfast and transportation....bye, bye, Vegas - the big spenders have left!
Into Reno - has grown a bunch since I've been here last. Big housing developments always look strange set into brown desert hills with no trees. Anyone who wonders why pellets are so popular out here can take one look and figure it out - it's quite a distance up into those mountains where the trees are!
Got the rental car and steered toward Lake Tahoe where we are staying. A really pretty ride as you climb from 70 degree Reno into the snow covered hills around the lake. Lake Tahoe sits at 6,000 feet above sea level, and the snow pack typically starts right around that height. Many times there will be no snow at the lake but tons of it a few hundred feet up from there.
Checked into Harrahs in Reno, ate at my favorite fresh mexican place and then walked around the Casino downstairs. Webwidow lost a quick $20, but I had another 20 and I gave it to her and told her to site at the "Wheel of Fortune" slots...only on seat was empty. She took it and started spinning - and losing quick. She was about to walk away when I told her "keep spinning, you'll get the Wheel sooner or later". The ladies sitting on each side also told here to bet 3 at a time.
Bling, Bling, Bling - all of a sudden she wins and it goes up to 900 Quarters - about $225. - not bad, so she walks away and gets the cash.
I'm certain we will spend that and more, but it's nice to have a little of the Casinos money...if only temporarily.
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