We flew out on Saturday, February 12. We had to wake up at 3:00 AM (east coast time) to make our 7:30 flight from BWI. The flight went through Phoenix, and we arrived in Reno at 12:40 (Reno time). We then drove down to Virginia City where we walked around for a while going into some of the shops before having dinner at the Golden Rail. Sharon highly recommends their Chicken Pot Pie, which she described as "wonderful."
We stayed at the Comstock Lodge that night. The room was very nice, and the price very reasonable. Since our bodies were still on "east coast time", and we had gotten up very early, we were asleep by 7:00 PM "local time".
We woke up Sunday morning to the sound of snow plows on the road, and about 3 inches of snow on the ground. After Sharon stressed out about potentially being snowed in, we left the motel and found out the Nevada is much better prepared to deal with snow than Virginia. We had no problem getting around.
Other things that I still need to write about
- Lake Tahoe
- Our stay at the Reno Hilton, and the Casino
- Seeing "Love Letters" at the Eldorado Hotel on Valentine's Day
- Our trip to Truckee, Donner Memorial State Park, and Donner Summitt
- Dinner at Miguel's
- The LDA Conference CEU registration desk
- The Comedy Show at the Reno Hilton Improv - Hosted by Howie Nave, with Bobby Kelton and Ron Morley
- Shopping for the LDA PAB reception
- Dinner at El Rosal Restaurante and Tortilla Factory
- Internet access from the Sparks libbrary
- The LDA Conference President's Dinner
- Hot Sauces - What did I get, and mailing them home
- Our second trip to Lake Tahoe
- Dinner at El Charro Avitia in Carson City (best meal of the trip!)
- Our trip home, with the delay in Phoenix which caused us to not arrive home until 11:45 PM
To summarize, it was a great trip!