Reno Air Race



Reno Stead Control Tower



Racing

 We attended the Reno Air Races on Thursday.  Our tickets were bought on line, but I don't know if I'd do that again.  Geremy was able to print them and then fax them to the RV campground office.  We did buy the Chairman's Hospitality Tent tickets which included lunch and a seat in the shade.  We were able to come and go throughout the day, which let us wander the vendor tents and visit with the 99s in their tent.  Pit passes allowed us to go into the hangar area and see the racers up close.  There was a lot of "down time" between the races, but other than that, we had a great day.  We took the advice of the website and road the bus from one of the casinos, so we didn't have to drive and park in the dirt lot, and figure out out to get there.  This was truly the way to go to the races.

Virginia City, NV

"The Long and Winding Road" would be another good title for this trip today.  We rode the trike to Virginia City.  About 37 miles one way.  Nice ride on twisting, climbing road.  We walked down one side of the street and back up the other.  Lots of touristy stores and bars.  The views were spectacular!

Chasing Icarus

I finished this book and enjoyed reading it. Taken from the early days of aviation. I bought this book about 3 years ago in anticipation of retirement. I had been reading on the Kindle so when Gerry tool over my Kindle, I picked up the book. Good read and some cool pics. Let me know if you want to borrow it.

Hand Crafted

Gerry worked on the trailer today to solve an issue with the cladding that was never properly attached at the factory. This now looks great.

Waiting for our ship to come in

I called a boat charter company to reserve us space on the boat for a tour of Lake Tahoe for Gerry's birthday today. We got there early and waited. As the time for us to board grew closer we went to buy the tickets and were told that the boat had been chartered for the whole day. Very frustrated that my plans did not work out for what was to be a great day on the lake.

Reno

We left Petaluma on Thursday morning and arrived in Nevada for two weeks. This will put us here through the start of Street Vibrations - an unexpected treat. We are in a great RV park behind a small casino, Gold Ranch, just west of Reno.

Loading the Trike

We leave in the morning for Verdi, NV. Our plan is to stay there for 6 nights before moving into Reno for our first trip to the Reno Air Races. Today was our prep day - clean house and load the trike so in the morning it's a simple hitch and move out.

Charles

Snapped this as we were leaving yesterday. Not the best pic but it's all I got.

Trike & Stream

Thought it was time to post a new pic of the Trike & Stream. We are at the KOA in Petaluma, Ca, just down the freeway 101 from Santa Rosa.