Monday, August 25, 2008

A Visit To Reno

Monday: (08/25) Another breaking day. I finished breaking out the concrete on the patio for one of the drain pipes about 20 feet long by 8 inches wide. It actually went much more quickly today, I'm not really sure why? I also finished sawing some of the concrete by where the bricks were. I'll be expanding the area where the brick paving is. About two years ago when I quickly extended the drain pipe to the then downspouts for the patio cover I just quickly broke the concrete without sawing a straight edge. Now it will be more pretty. I loaded the car and we made another trip to the dump. I still have a little more concrete to break out for the expanded brick pavement but that will have to wait a few days. I cleaned up the area. It's amazing how much dust the sawing creates.

My final task for the day was washin both cars. Again that darn dust made them look more used than usual.

Tomorrow, a change of pace. We're headed to Reno for a break. Lou and Dawn made a nice dinner of everything that might spoil in the refrigerator, mostly vegetables. We packed for the trip. We''re taking the car over and will be staying two nights. Again a trip without the RV. What's wrong with us. Just practicality. It's cheaper to stay in the motel than to pay for gas though not as comfortable in a hotel bed.

It now looks like we won't be getting out in the RV until at least early October. I really can't wait but there are things to be done here first.

Tuesday: (08/26) We enjoyed some of our neighbor Eric's banana bread for breakfast as we watched the crew start on the paving stones on house across the street and then were on our way to San Jose. Yes we know the way!

Lou went to her doll class and Dawn to her class. Me, I filled the gas tank,only $3.99 in San Jose, the fist time it's been less than $4 for a long time! I then passed the time looking around Staples and Costco.

We were on the way to Reno about noon. We stopped for walks several times and arrived in Boomtown about 5pm. I got gas, so nice, only $3.79! Then we looked around Cabella's Sporting Goods, big place. I started feeling bad when we were there. We then went over to the casino and had dinner at their buffet. Everything was great. Lou and Dawn had excellent prime ribs. after dinner and a brief visit of the machines by Lou and Dawn, we headed on to the Silver Legacy where we'll be staying. The AARP rate is quite nice there. fortunately I began to feel better. Darn that pebble.

Wednesday: (08/27) Breakfast was, of course, the buffet here at the Silver Legacy Casino. Really good. I've learned how to eat at buffets nd enjoy them. Use small plates. don't overfill them, just sample, and finally don't stack the used plates too high. Works for me.

The rest of the day was visits to the excellent thrift stores here in Reno. Dawn and Lou love them. Can't really say the same for me but then that's not my thing. I found enough to do.

We stopped for dinner at Louis's Basque Food. It's served family style at common long tables. We sat with couple and their son from Anaheim and their god parents that live here in Reno. We enjoyed the conversation and the meal.

I then retired for the evening watching a little of the Democrats convention, Excellent speeches by Bill Clinton and Joe Biden.


Lou and Dawn had more places to visit. What energy!

Thursday: (08/28) Breakfast at the Eldorado buffet. We packed and checked out and headed to Spark's.

We looked around all the craft vendors at the Rib Cook-off, visited the Nugget and Silver Club casinos. We generally loose or don't win much. I did win a couple of dollars at keno which offset all my loses on this trip. Lou and Dawn generally break even as well. We had $5 to bet for a neighbor which we did as our last bets. Dawn won $200 for the neighbor. How come they have the luck?

We looked around a very nice army surplus store on 4th street. They have some neat stuff but my favorite items were two cats. They have an outside bargain area and I saw one cat sleeping on a barrel of netting. It must have been comfortable. I disturbed the cat and it didn't seem to mind but when I said hello, another cat popped out nearby announced itself and did the obligatory stretch of a cat getting up from a nap. It then ran over jumped up with it's front legs on my pants leg and seemed to want to climb so I picked it up and placed it on a shelf higher up so we could talk. It immediately jumped up on my shoulders and rode there as I walked around. It reminds me of a cat I had when I was in high school that rode around in the same fashion when I was doing shores like feeding our chickens, ducks and geese. What a nice visit and a good dose of cat.

We also stopped by a final book store on Keystone Ave and then hit the road about 2:30. We stopped in Sacramento for some things from a Mexican bakery. Then stopped by Dawn's place in San Jose to pick up some of the stuff we left there on our way out of town and arrived home about 7:30. We luckily didn't run into any bad backups during our passage through Sacramento during rush hour.
Nice trip! Dinner was from Pizz'a Chicago.

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