Sunday, August 7, 2011

RENO SITES AND ADVENTURES


Yesterday we walked over five miles checking out the sites, tours, shopping, museums and casino events.  So much has been going on, it's hard to know where to begin the story.  The last two nights were spent at the Days Inn at the edge of town; followed by today and tomorrow night at WordMark Condos.  Things worked out perfectly even though we had to put the Motor Home in the shop on Friday.  The bottom half of the radiator is plugged (soot and grime over time that has plugged it royally).  It is a tedious, pains-staking process to manully remove the junk from the radiator.  The blessing is that we were also able to secure a room at WordMark that is a "10" on a scale of 10.  (smile)  While on the phone with the agent at 5:30 pm Friday with no rooms, in the middle of her conversation; a cancellation happened.  The RV should be ready when it's time to leave. 
Some other good visits...We went to the Automobile National Museum which held Harrah's (Casino Owner) huge collection of automobiles going back to the first Ford.  It was organized amazingly around the streets, homes, and decor for the period surrounding the car years.  The top picture is an old cadilac.  The collection is too numerous to mention. 
The River Walk was nicely done which stretched for miles from east to west.  We shopped at Outlets at Legends in Sparks, NV (2-3 miles east of Reno).  The Mall was pretty big.  There's a store called Scheels at Legends Outlet.  The store had 85 speciality shops under one roof.  It has a fully operating ferris wheel in the middle of the store.  The second picture is the ferris wheel...we weren't up for taking a ride.  This store still remains privately owned. 
The last adventure yesterday was a trip to the Bonanza Casino for the Hot August Nights Classic "Show "n" Shine" with awards and trophies.  There were rows and rows of classic cars, beautiful cars; plus, it was hot...not quite as bad as Kansas, but hot none the less.  Well...it's time to sign off.  Take care and be safe. 

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