Girls roadtrip!

Got back from Lake Kachess, did laundry and went to bed. Got up at 3am to get ready for my sister Diana and my ROAD TRIP to Reno. I'm such a bad passenger, I can never stay a wake for very long in the car. I tried my best and managed to keep her company most of the time, I think??? LOL. She did let me drive for a bit though, her HHR was very comfortable to drive, really easy to see out of -- a little lower to the ground than I'm used to though.

Just this side of Eureka, CA I spotted a large billboard boasting about a "Liquor Expo". That woke us both up -- could this be a discount liquor store?? Of course it was, exit 766. They did have some great prices! But they were out of an item that Diana was on the search for -- Pinnacle brand, Whipped Cream flavored Vodka. They said they should have some in on Thursday night. That was enough to tell us that we were stopping back by on our way home!

We encountered several spots of summer road construction, that alone added about 90 minutes to our travels and yes we did crank out the Elvis CD.
Gave my a chance to scope out some huge pinecones -- oh what I could have done with them!!! A little glu, some glitter, oh the possibilities!

After a long almost 15 hours of driving -- 2 bladders over 50 -- not a good combo for a road trip. We finally arrived in Reno. Many areas looked the same, but they have cleaned it up a lot as well. Lots of new strips malls and business' besides casino's.

We got checked in, went to the room, our room was really nice - fantastic view, thought we'd rest up a bit. A bit was about it, we were too excited! We went down and signed up for the players club card, got our coupons and discounts and we were off. I think Diana got great happiness in letting me know we both could be in the "Nifty Fifty" Club - wow gee thanks. But it was worth it. The first night we didn't do to bad in fact Diana was up about $100 or more. She pretty much played on the casino's money most of the time. Me not so much. I was up and down - but having fun!

We did a lot of looking around, hit some antique places, Costco, Sam's and of course the infamous Ben's discount liquor store. Actually of all the booze shopping we did Costco had some of the best prices. Even with all of our intown purchases we did of course stop back by the Liquor Expo on the way home. And YES they did get some of the Pinnacle in -- wow is it tasty! Plus it was almost half the price it is up here.

We had a good time, it went way faster than we thought it would, we never even got a chance to sit by the pool, but it was a little cool and windy, so no big deal. We had our Awful Awful burger at the Nugget hole in the wall and as usual were entertained by the cooks.

It's getting to be about that time when my eyelids are suffering from sever lid droopage. So i'll close for tonight and post pics tomorrow night.

Remember -- it's all in a day!