Hampton Inn Suites Reno

... we grabbed our snowboards and headed to the local ski hill, Heavenly. Its pretty early in the season for Heavenly so just a few runs were open, but it was still a blast especially for how few people were skiing. Enjoying a cold beer from one of the mountain restaurants and reclining in some lounge chairs at the end of a run, we took a break while watching skiers and snowboarders fly down the mountain. Afterwards, we hit the grocery store to prepare for todays ...

Dad invited me out to the races this year and so he, Uncle Mike, and I went on the last day. Roamed all over the air field and saw some pretty sweet rides (check out the pics). They had the Blue Angels do a show and I was surprised to see the flag from the old homestead coming down with one of the parachutists (it was the AK Air Guard). All in all a good, if short, trip.

... had my first big mac there, and if I have to wait 23 more years until the next it wouldn't be too soon. The eating part of the big mac was pretty unmemorable but after about 30 minutes back in the car the excruciating stomach pain I was feeling was more than memorable. Freshly Zantac-ed I settled in for an afternoon of discomfort.
Reaching Reno didn't come soon enough. In Reno I dropped off JV at his hotel for the night and drove the last 30 min to my new ...

... bed, so we camped in America’s campground located six miles down the road, Wal-Mart. There were four other campers with the same plan, which is the real reason the parking lots are so big. Of course by the time we actually left we hit the store four more times, I wonder if Sam Walton had this use of his property in mind. If he had than he is truly a marketing genius.

... for a-hootin, and a-hollerin'

Oh, and beads.

Please excuse me for not posting some of the more interesting pictures from today's little jaunt, since I'm not sure what this site's policy is on, well, interesting pictures.

Besides, once you've seen one pair... you wanna see them all. Am I wrong? (That's what Google is for.)

... told her all about our trip, this far. We got freshened up and went downtown, Reno to have dinner. She wanted to take us to her favorite Vietnamese restaurant that was called Pol 777, but she called it the cat and dog restaurant. I was a little nervous, because I thought that was really the name of the place. We were pleasantly surprised, it was really good and the prices were incredible. Joel ...

Today was pretty similar to yesterday with most of it being spent on the road. Instead of going all the way along Interstate 80 to Reno, I took the longer route down Highway 93 and then across to Reno on Highway 50. My map book indicated that Highway 50 was a scenic road. Not sure what they define as scenic, because there wasnt a huge amount to see other than empty roads and desert!

Before arriving in Reno, I went for a ...

... may have heard by now the Formula 1 racers lost a plane today. Not good, will find out how it effects the Races tomorrow. Anyway, as you this is my first try at this--Carol, we now have wire-less in the hangar. Will wonders never end. Will now try and upload some pictures. Test of the pudding.

... G_mWRIY45 Yk&mode=related&a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;a mp;search= (I donīt have speakers on this computer so I donīt know if the audio is work appropriate, but I'm guessing it is fine) The Culture: Life at Burningman is very different than life back at home. I had more culture shock when I arrived at Burningman than I did when I arrived in Guatemala, the first stop of my round ...

... I walked out and went to the Nugget Diner on the strip where I feasted on an amazing tuna melt on sourdough bread. After lunch it was time for a nap. After the nap I walked around again. Reno is hosting the twentieth annual "Hot August Nights" classic car festival. I walked around to check out the cars. Unfortunately, I will not be around for the entertainment later on in the week: Peter ...