A cold day in hell.

There is an old joke that says “Reno is so close to hell you can see Sparks”. Well, Sparks, Nevada is where we chose to spend the night after a day in Carson City.

I read on the web yesterday that the Reno police were enforcing an old law that you couldn’t sleep in your vehicle and applying it to RV’ers in casino parking lots. Apparently, this was at the urging of some local RV parks who pressured them.

The article went on to say how some Casinos in neighboring Sparks were welcoming us, so we headed for the Nugget to spend the night. I went in and played some poker for a few hours and then we went to sleep, after remarking on how cold it was getting.

When we woke up in the morning it was truly a “cold day in hell”. Actually it was quite beautiful to see big fluffy snowflakes falling out of the sky. CoCo has never been in snow and wasn’t quite sure about it, but went for a walk with me anyway.

Because the storm was coming from the north and that was the direction we were going we decided to spend the day and night in Reno. We planned on leaving the next day.

The Sands Regency Casino in Reno is where Caren and her sisters would meet for years.

Caren would fly up from San Diego. Her three sisters would fly in from Oregon and they would have a lot of fun. So we went to the Sands for the day, for "old time sakes".

Caren actually remembered her and her sister's favorite slot machine. But alas, without the sisters, it wasn't quite as much fun or profitable for her.

While I was playing a little poker I talked to security about that recent action that has RV'ers so upset. They told me no problem spend the night in their back secure lot. "We would love to have you stay". So we spent the night in Reno, waiting out the storm, and are excited to get back on the road tomorrow to see the gold country of the high sierras.

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