Road Trip: Reno
OK gang, we’re here in Reno. Bruce, I must say that the mob types are in the same abundance they were 30 years ago. Actually, I think it was merely 27 years ago, for the record. We’re not that old! But just as it was way back when, the best photos aren’t obtainable. Cameras are not welcome indoors in these parts.
Anyway, today was mostly about getting lots of miles logged and ending up in Reno, and we succeeded in our mission. We’re so close to the Bay Area now, I can practically smell the seagulls. Damn seagulls.
We cut across the godforsaken southeast corner of Oregon today. Look on a map. It’s pitiful — 100 miles from Jordan Valley to McDdermitt, all dreadfullly dry and dreary. Between the occasional dog in goggles riding a motorcycle and restrooms hurtling toward a rest area somewhere, I could barely stay awake.
So Megan drove us into Reno. I married well.
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on August 15, 2008 at 11:17 am Stephen Peront wrote:
Hi Doug and Megan…
The Reno pictures look awesome; and I am very glad to hear that Megan drove the two of you safely there :)…
How did you take the sunglasses photo??? that is just too kewl!
I really like the antlers at the hotel in the 12 person town
Heh heh, that is just too great - maybe that is where I should go to detox from technology for a bit…
Just out of curiousity - how do they get the water hot for showers???
Cheerio,
-Stephen
on August 15, 2008 at 11:26 pm Doug wrote:
The sunglasses photo was easy: just hold the camera up near the rearview mirror and fire away. My first few dozen attempts were starting to try Megan’s patience, but she hung in there and I finally got one with the right combination of exposure, focus, framing, etc.
Good question on hot water. I don’t know. Roger said we could take showers in the morning, but we decided not to bother. Everything seemed so rationed and scarce there, and we figured we could take long hot showers in Reno later in the day, which we did.