Reno, Tackiest Little City in the World

We got to Reno that Thursday, we were welcomed by this sign:


I still think of Reno 911 when I see that show. Unfortunately, we only saw one Reno cop, and he was on a bike. I'm not really sure what cops in Reno do... since hooking is legal and the prostitutes just walk around... and since everyone at night is publicly intoxicated... and since people are expected to behave terribly.

And there were a lot of casinos, this one being shiny and pink, so it attracted my eye.


I was pretty lazy in Reno about taking pictures. My bad.

But, I managed to spin a jackpot on a penny slot machine and win $103 dollars, putting me up $92. Insane odds right? It was at a 5 spinner slot machine called "China Moon." Exciting.

Web didn't do as well at the tables. Enough said.

However, my small riches paid the cost of a cheap hotel room in the casino, the Sands Regency (I stole this picture):


Sure this hotel didn't have the free wi-fi I needed to blog, but certain amenities like a FREE JACUZZI won out.

The next day, Friday, June 5th, we got to sleep in late and sit in the hot tub to wake up. We couldn't leave Reno before hitting up a buffet, so we went to Carvings in Harrah's, which had yummy crepes to order, and cuts of beef. America is big on beef as I know very well now. In fact, that beef might have been drugged, because I passed out all the way until Sacramento.

We then hit the road for California, the state of my birth.

Out of Utah, Back to Nevada

Web and I have managed to have quite a few close encounters with animals on this road trip. The free range cattle and their calves were no exception, although they were skiddish:

And this one mooed at us! I mooed back. What a jerk.


I also took a picture of me, taking a picture in the desert before we got back to paved roads.


We got out of Utah soon after and stopped later as a small town in Nevada. Apparently there might we a problem with meth in Nevada, looking at the PSAs.


We stopped for coffee at this place Bella's, it apparently used to be a strip club. Now they serve espresso and giant cinnamon rolls.

Meet Wendover Willy

The only real night driving this trip has been into Nevada, the Silver State.


Nevada is a peculiar state, where liquor can be sold 24 hours a day, where prostitution is legal, and where everything building has a slot machine. So naturally, the first things you see when entering Nevada are liquor stores, adult shops and cabarets, and casinos, casinos, casinos. If you have a gambling problem, do yourself a favor and don't travel to Nevada. If you like to impose a set of conservative morals on others you also should pray for Nevada and its people.



And this is Wendover Willy to welcome you to the first westbound gambling stop in Nevada. "Wendover" sounds too much like "bend over" for me to trust Willy much less the persons governing this city.