Reno

We arrived safely in Reno last night, shortly after 7, and the clouds were incredible as we came out of a canyon into the city! Pictures will follow, because we are using several different picture-taking devices on this trip (my phone, my DSLR, my Polaroid, Andrew's phone) so I'm still working on compiling things. There were some fantastic lenticular formations, though, they looked like space ships!

Edit: Photos compiled, so let's add these babies in!

Reno seems to be a place where color TV and telephones are held sacred...

Our first real experience at the casino were these elevator buttons, which were either intended for toddlers or for very drunk people.

Andrew and I are going off our low carb diet this week, so the first order of business was the casino buffet (charmingly named 'Flavors' with sort of an 80's-interpretation-of-a-50's-gameshow style decor). Because you can't really have a casino experience without the gratuitous casino buffet. I am happy to report that it wasn't half bad! Sadly no photos of the food made it out of the experience, I'm sure we're all disappointed. 

Then it was gambling time! We putzed around the slots for a bit, and then went to Circus Circus in search of cheap blackjack tables. Andrew and I have never played blackjack together before, and it's been a while since I played at the tables. We lucked out with a really nice table that we parked ourselves at all night, and stayed until well after midnight. The best part was that for every Ace/Face card blackjack you got, you also were given a hilarious little stuffed animal. By the end of the night Andrew and I had a nice little menagerie of stuffed seals and whales. We pretty much broke even, and went back to the room to collapse into bed and fall asleep.

Andrew got me a Polaroid 300 for Valentines, so I'm also creating a Polaroid collection of our trip, though to be totally honest it's hard to remember to take pictures with every device! This is hubris on my part, thinking I'm on top of all of it!

Now we're driving off to San Francisco to meet up with Kristine. Hello 4 more hours of driving! 

Side note: We just passed a Taco Bell/Smoke Shop. Now THAT is business acumen!