Weekend in Reno

We got up early Saturday morning to fix Denae's cat walk. It needed screen put on. We got done around noon and I took a picture of the finished product.

Cat walk complete

 After that we said our goodbyes and headed east. The drive across California was very picturesque. We took some pictures along the way.

Lots of very pretty scenery

Me on a rock

coming into Reno

We took our time and got to Reno around 7pm and decided to get a room and stay for the evening.

Walking around..

The room was nice..but very bright

We went and got a Prime Rib dinner for 5.99 and gambled a little. They didn't have free Internet so I couldn't update the blog last night.
I must say, We very much prefer Vegas to Reno. It is kinda like a little and a bit rougher tiny version of Vegas. 


   We got up around 8:30 Sunday and hit the road around 10:30. 
We spent the day driving across Nevada stopping once in a while to check things out. I saw this in a little town and it made me laugh.

This is the Pussycat Ranch sign.....

 The drive was very nice, if you like desserts and mountains. Very different from Iowa! 

Me in the high plains...drifting

 We got to Elko around 5 in the afternoon and decided to stay for the night. My father used to come here with his buddies when I was younger and I wanted to share the experience. We grabbed a cheap hotel room at Stockmans. It is an older casino in downtown Elko.

I wonder if my dad stayed here?

 After checking in we went up to the gold dust casino and had (can you guess?) 7.77 prime rib. I must say it was much better than the previous dinner from the night before. Then it was off to do a bit of gambling and hit the rack. We are gonna hit Salt Lake tomorrow.