Sunday, August 26, 2012, Reno, NV

Sunday, August 26, 2012, Reno, NV

This morning I got a call from Ed Pitchford. Ed is also a LVMPD retiree, he now lives in Verdi, NV. We plan to meet him and Gail Hardy for breakfast before leaving tomorrow for Eureka, NV. Gail was Gerri's supervisor before Gail retired.
At 10am we tuned into the worship services from our home congregation, Oakey Blvd. Church of Christ, via internet.

After services we got ready for the trip to Virginia City. Kathleen and Ian picked us up at 12:15. On the way to Virginia City we stopped and checked out the Smith's Gas station on South Meadows Parkway. Ed had told me they had diesel cheaper than anyone around. They did, $3.99 a gallon and a discount with a Smith's saver card. As a bonus the restaurant we were thinking about going to for breakfast had opened a new location nearby.

Lunch at the Mandarin Garden

We went to Virginia City via Geiger Grade and found easy parking one street uphill from the main street and we then walked around some of the shops before settling on the Mandarin Garden for lunch. We sat on the deck which claimed a hundred mile view. Ian and I had Mongolian Beef and the ladies had Egg Foo Young. My lunch was good but about what was expected. Gerri's and Kathleen's lunch on the other hand was not only delicious but presented in a unique fashion. It looked more like a loaf rather than patties. It had everything in it except bean sprouts. We certainly won't need super tonight. As we left the restaurant we noticed there was a museum downstairs. We donated a dollar each and toured the Red Light Museum. The most interesting items on display were parts of old field fingerprinting and ID kits.
 
One of my purposes in going to Virginia City was to find a cache in Storey County to move toward finding a cache in each of the Nevada Counties. Again I messed up my Pocket query and didn't have the Virginia City caches loaded. Gerri's so called smart phone couldn't get a connection in the area so I didn't find a cache.

Next weekend is a special event in Virginia City with Civil War reenactments and special doings for Labor Day. Ian and Kathleen walked to the train station and bought tickets to bring his boys back. Gerri and I waited at the Delta Saloon and people watched until they got back. Ian went and brought the car around to pick us up. While we were eating we saw some feral horses by some buildings downhill from the restaurant, so we drove down that way to try and spot them. We found the three feral horses just outside a fenced area where there was another horse and burro, they seemed to be communing.

At the bottom of Geiger Grade we saw a larger group of feral horses, but the pictures came out too dark. We went by Kathleen's house and said goodbye to Sean and took pictures. Back at the coach we visited until it was time for Kathleen to pick up the girls at their father's house.

After Kathleen and Ian left I drove east about ten miles to get a cache in Storey County, since I was had been unsuccessful in getting one in Virginia City. I went to a cache called "Living on the Ridge" it was quite a hike up to the ridge. I now have two more counties to go. I did another cache on the way home, I think it was just inside Storey County.

Back at the coach, I drained the sewer tanks and stowed the city water hose and flagpole.

Gerri got a call from her mother that this morning at church she had been hurt. Her left foot is badly bruised. She has a boot to wear, a cane to use and pain pills to take. They now sound like a matching pair, both with injured left feet and canes to help them walk.
After some time on the computer we went to bed with plans to get up at seven and out of the park and fueled up before meeting our friends for breakfast on the south side of town.