Saturday, August 1, 2009

Day 43 - Saturday, 8/1/09 - SETTLED

There is a big event happening at the local park - Hot August Nights. One part of it is an antique car show. We enjoy walking around sharing memories about the old cars we see.

Nearby is The Chocolate Nugget Candy Factory. On the lawn there are several antique farm implements, and a statue of The Old Prospector as big as the building. His hands were larger than his head.

Bob is musing: "I wonder if when they got drunk and they had ridden their horse to the saloon, they could just let the horse take them home. But then, the next day they'd have to tell their friends: 'I was arrested for RWI last night (riding while intoxicated)'. This is why Bob's son Jim is a stand-up comedian.

On the way home, we pass Steamboat Springs, a hot springs that has been in operation as a health facility since 1859. Back then they were on the railroad. Now they are on the Historical Register as a Day Spa. The water comes out hotter than 200 degrees. The owners have to cool off the baths. When we walk in, the proprietor says "Are you here for a soak?"

We see hundreds of houses built on the Geiger Grade on the way to Virginia City. It is quite steep. All have huge glass windows for the view, most with dirt roads and many with antique cars in their driveways. These are spectacular homes.

When we pass a bicyclist riding up this 6 degree grade at 6000 feet elevation, Bob comments: "He must be training for next year's Tour de France."

ROADKILL: Straw hat

In the evening we try ballroom dancing at Never Enough Ballroom Dance Studio in Reno. It appears that everyone else but us has taken lessons from this studio, so they all have very similar dance styles. It is a bit intimidating. We do manage a waltz, an East Coast swing, the foxtrot and a two-step.

No comments:

Post a Comment