Nevada Bound

We have wanted to fly out and see friends Bob and Jeanine for a LONG time but seems between the house and the shop, it just hadn't happened!!  When Frontier came out with some decent flights to Reno last month,  we called up Bob and said we were heading out!!

Bob and Glenn have been hunting partners for many, many years!  I had only met Jeanine when she came out to stay once while the guys were hunting but we got along great and seemed like we had been friends forever!

Our flight was just OK - it would have been great except for the LOUD lady right behind us - oh my gosh, she talked and talked and talked to the gal next to her and I think we had heard her entire life's stories by the time we arrived!!  I swore to myself I would bring my headphones next trip so I could drown out anyone talking with my music!!

Reno has a very nice airport - course it's strange to see those slot machines in the airport!!  We were gawking at things as we got off the plane and started walking - finally realized after walking for a while that we had missed the baggage claim and were in the other wing!!  Bob and Jeanine were waiting for us and it was sure fun to see them!!  We got our baggage and headed to their home in Gardnerville!

They have a lovely home out on the high desert and we felt right at home with all their mountains surrounding them!  Bob and Jeanine are both great cooks - I'm sure we both gained weight while we were there!!

Since they are avid card players, we didn't waste any time!!  Euchre was the choice most of the time and we had fun looking up the different rules since none of us quite remembered how to play!!

We even got some exercise each day as they walk their dog Cooper every morning!  Mornings were chilly but the days were nice - a lot like Colorado weather!  We had clouds for a couple of days but that just made the mountains look more spectacular!  Here's the view from their house!

All the juniper trees had berries on them and from a distance, it looked like flocked snow!

One of Bob's hobbies is buying old tractors and fixing them up!  These two decorate their front yard!

I couldn't stop snapping pictures of the mountains!

Love this tree in their front yard - made for a perfect picture in front of the mountains!

 The guys hunted for arrowheads on Thursday - Jeanine and I were content to visit and read!  We went to an awesome Chinese restaurant that evening for dinner before settling down for card playing that night!!  Guys against girls - and yes, they ALWAYS got the good cards!!  What fun we had between euchre and dummy rummy!  To Be Cont'd...................