Nevada - Oct 10, 2004

Tahoe Marathon: (2 of 4)
On the day after the Lake Tahoe Marathon, I thought "I'd like to explore Nevada a little and go to Reno". I thought Carlo and Gary had to get back home, so I was surprised and delighted when they came with me. We ended up going to the old wild west mining town of Virginia City. This is where the Comstock Lode was discovered. Silver - and later gold was found and exploited in the 1860's onwards. In fact I learnt on the History Channel that Silver from here financed the Civil War for the North - and that's why Nevada became a state in the 1864. The following web site disputes this story and says the reasons for statehood were political, not economic. click here Virginia City is the wild west. We had the good fortune to visit on a beautiful autumn day - a little chill in the air, sunny and very nice. After I left Gary and Carlo at our motel in Tahoe, I drove through Donner Pass - very beautiful. This was a very enjoyable weekend - thanks to the company of Carlo and Gary. Not only are you very impressive athletes - you're great company as well. Thanks guys. Northshore at lunchtime. Tahoe is amazingly beautiful.
Bear up tree	North shore at breakfast	Shopping lot near hotel
Autumn Trees	TheMotel	Virginia City
Railroad car	Plaque about the car	The Firemens Museum
About the fire	Carlo chatting up a dummy	Robin at Castle
Carlo and Gary at a shed	Mansion on Millionaire's row	Court House
Robin at Opera House	The Main Street	A fixer upper
The Way it Was Museum	Shooting Gallery	Before the Boeing 747
Carlo at Gary at Saloon	The Wild West	Carlo's a man for dummies
The Casino	Bucket of Blood Saloon	The Suicide Table
What it's about	The Church	More of the main street
North Shore at lunch	Northshore Panorama1	Northshore Panorama2
Northshore Panorama3	Northshore Panorama4	Gary at lunch
Carlo at lunch	Robin at lunch	Lake Donner
Plaque at Donner Pass	Emigrant Gap	Emigrant Gap Panorama1
Emigrant Gap Panorama2	Emigrant Gap Panorama3	Emigrant Gap Plaque

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