We leave Fallon NV in a bit of a mental fog, almost drove off with the stairs out, did drive off with the tv antenna up and missed the turning towards Carson City because we were fixing the tv antenna. After all this initial excitement we settled down and headed through mining country through Silver Springs into Carson City.
We settle into a nice RV park and off load the Miata and start our "day off" We drive the 20 miles or so to South Lake Tahoe and stopped for lunch. Then we drove the road around Lake Tahoe, stopping for photos and to look at the different communities bordering the Lake. We head towards the outskirts of Reno then turn to make the long climb up the Geiger Grade to Virginia City. Now I was really hoping to see Hoss and Little Joe in town (picking up supplies for the Ponderosa) instead we saw cute old buildings, hokey tourist traps and some kind of creepy locals. In its heyday over a billion dollars of silver and gold were mined in this area. There are plenty of relics from this era. On the road from Virginia City back to Carson City we passed dozens of mines - some that appeared to be active and some, well I don't know they had barbed wire fences around them and lots of no trespassing signs which I was fully prepared to heed.
Back home at the RV we fed and walked the dogs and headed across the street, literally, to Bodine's Casino for their $9.99 Prime rib special. We walked through the casino and sat down. Phil played out his $20 after some gains and losses. We headed to the restaurant for dinner. After dinner it was my turn and I fed a twenty into the machine. My bank got whittled down then I had three or four good pulls which put me ahead $8.25 so I cashed out and we went home.
We plan to be in Gold Beach OR next Thursday so we are planning our final 575 miles and five days!
Here are photos of Lake Tahoe - say no more
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