Reno, Nevada: Terrible's Casino & RV Park

This is a great location. The picture is the view out the front of our RV. About two miles up the road is the Nevada/California state line. About 20 miles later is Lake Tahoe. Awesome.

So the first thing we did once we arrived in Reno, Nevada this afternoon was to contact Marcie to let her know we are (finally) in town. I say finally because Terry & Marcie have been trying to get us to visit them for the last two years. I did manage to visit briefly when I was travelling in the area for business about a year and a half ago.

Marcie and her daughter Mallory came over to see the RV and then we went to to dinner. Just something quick at the restaurant attached to the casino where we are staying. We then rushed over to Marcie's house to surprise Terry. He had a business meeting in San Francisco and was driving back to Reno this evening. It's about a 4 hour drive depending on traffic, which is never good during rush hour. Marcie did not share the fact that we would be here in Reno this week.

In any case, we arrived at their home just minutes before Terry. What a great expression on his face when he walked into his kitchen and found MLA and I there waiting for him. Talk about surprised!

You know you have some great friends when you find yourselves talking to each other as if the gap in seeing each other was measured in days/weeks rather than years. Terry & Marcie are special friends and we will be seeing a lot of each other this week as we enjoy Reno's motorcycle event called Street Vibrations.

I'm looking forward to seeing some of the custom motorcycles here as well as seeing the new Victory Vision touring motorcycle. It's an awesome V-Twin based motorcycle with futuristic styling cues. Hopefully there will be a Victory exhibit that allows demo rides.

By the way, if you have been involved in motorcycles for any length of time you know the name of Arlen Ness. He was making custom motorcycles long before it became fashionable or popular the way it is today. He started in the 60's fabricating his own designs. Today, he and his son Corey run a motorcycle empire providing first class design and high quality products ranging from easy to install bolt-on accessories all the way up to and including custom motorcycle.

They have been heavily involved in the styling of Victory's motorcycles. In any case, Arlen usually stay across the street from Terry & Marcie so maybe we'll bump into him 'in the neighborhood'. It would be nice however we want to respect his privacy.

Terry & Marcie have a lot of rides planned for us this week and I really looking forward to spending time with them. They are truly special people and we are fortunate to have them as friends. We plan to go to Lake Tahoe, Virginia City, Pyramid Lake, and something called the "Cat Houses Poker Run". What's that all about? I'll let you know.

See Ya!