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Driving across Nevada offered some bits of interest. Well needed, since it wasn't uncommon to go through 30 miles of desert between one exit and the next.
One thing is that every rest stop, even just the little roadside gas stations, had at least a row of slot machines.
Another is that northeastern Nevada has some interesting places:
Beverly Hills (Nevada), for example. Also:
Deeth Starr Valley. Hometown, no doubt, of Garth Wader.
Then we saw this behind the town of Carlin:
I don't know if it's for airplanes or tourists or what, but it seemed cool. Less cool, however, at the next town over, Battle Mountain. Something about a big brown hill with the giant letters BM on it just didn't seem so attractive.
We drove another 500 or so miles to Roseville, CA, where we stayed at the Orchid Suites. If I ever find myself in the area, I'll have to remember to stay there. It was a nice room (interestingly, the bathroom was in the middle of the room, dividing it into two semi-private bedrooms, each with a queen bed. The semi-privacy, however, was somewhat defeated by a large mirror in the sink area. The hotel has this gorgeous oak tree in a central courtyard, with a huge deck underneath. At night, it's lit up with white Christmas lights in the lower branches. Just inside, there's a bar area with free snacks, and each guest gets two coupons for free drinks. And there's a really nice breakfast in the morning, also free. Very impressive. Only thing that wasn't impressive was... wireless internet. They had it, but, once again, we could barely get a signal from our room. Ah well.
Driving across Nevada offered some bits of interest. Well needed, since it wasn't uncommon to go through 30 miles of desert between one exit and the next.
One thing is that every rest stop, even just the little roadside gas stations, had at least a row of slot machines.
Another is that northeastern Nevada has some interesting places:
Beverly Hills (Nevada), for example. Also:
Deeth Starr Valley. Hometown, no doubt, of Garth Wader.
Then we saw this behind the town of Carlin:
I don't know if it's for airplanes or tourists or what, but it seemed cool. Less cool, however, at the next town over, Battle Mountain. Something about a big brown hill with the giant letters BM on it just didn't seem so attractive.
We drove another 500 or so miles to Roseville, CA, where we stayed at the Orchid Suites. If I ever find myself in the area, I'll have to remember to stay there. It was a nice room (interestingly, the bathroom was in the middle of the room, dividing it into two semi-private bedrooms, each with a queen bed. The semi-privacy, however, was somewhat defeated by a large mirror in the sink area. The hotel has this gorgeous oak tree in a central courtyard, with a huge deck underneath. At night, it's lit up with white Christmas lights in the lower branches. Just inside, there's a bar area with free snacks, and each guest gets two coupons for free drinks. And there's a really nice breakfast in the morning, also free. Very impressive. Only thing that wasn't impressive was... wireless internet. They had it, but, once again, we could barely get a signal from our room. Ah well.
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