Reno, Nevada: Street Vibrations

What a great couple of days. We have been here in Reno with our good friends Terry & Marcie and their good friends Steve & Cindy.

On Thursday we went to Virginia City & to Carson City. Those of you old enough to remember the TV show Bonanza might be interested to know that the Ponderosa Ranch, home of the Cartwrights was just outside of Virginia City & Carson City, up in the Sierra Nevada's. Very cool area to ride in; the Ponderosa Pines are massive and the views are spectacular.

Virginia City still has much of the same character & ambiance it was famous for, and some of the same business (brothels), for which it was infamous. We had a terrific lunch and then wandered through some of the old buildings. Most have been converted from saloons & brothels to retail stores: cowboy clothes, leather goods, tourist trash, etc., however you could still much of the original details: large mirrors found on the wall behind the bar, the bar itself, an area set aside for the honky tonk piano, gambling table, and the infamous stairway to the rooms upstairs where a hard working miner or cowboy could find a little friendly companionship.

The 'friendly companionship' business is both legal in Nevada and apparently going strong.... hard to believe but its true. In fact there is a poker run on Saturday called the "Cat House Poker Run" which apparently has participants go from business to business. From what I've heard, participation in that particular Poker Run is extremely high...

On Friday we participated in a Poker Run that travelled mostly around Lake Tahoe and Carson City, Nevada's state capitol. Another great day for riding and the views, especially of Lake Tahoe, were incredible. That said, I'm bushed. We've been going non-stop for several days.

In fact, MLA decided to take today off to rest. She spent most of her time reading and relaxing around the RV although she did manage to throw in a load of laundry into our combo washer/dryer. Does a great job of washing a small load of laundry however some items (my shirts especially) come out of the dryer looking like they have been slept in. The wrinkles look like the skin of a 80 year old women who spent a lot of time in the sun. Ouch.

Tonight we had a great dinner out with our friends and made it back to the RV around 10 pm. I wanted to put up a few comments on the blog since I was too busy/tired yesterday.

Tomorrow will be another long day of riding and participating in the various activities of Street Vibrations.

I left the camera in the car and its late so I'll post some pictures from Thursday/Friday on Saturday.

Until then, God Bless!

See Ya!