Jun 14, 2013 - USBC Open Championship - Reno - 2013

The day finally came for the guys to bowl - the ladies had bowled last month. All our friends and family that bowls on Ken's national teams beginning arriving in Reno for the tournament. The team event was on Thursday and the doubles/singles were on Friday. There was good games bowled and bad games bowled but everyone had fun. Enjoy the pictures ........no picture after practice, flashes are not allowed during tournaments. Until the next posting --- have fun and stay safe! God Bless Ken and Fran

Jun 7, 2013 - Reno, NV

June 6, 2013- Reno, Nevada After much discussion last night, we decided to forego going to Yellowstone NP for various reasons: (1) we had been unable to get a spot on the RV park in Yellowstone itself. After our experience in Yosemite, where it was 5 miles to the entrance of the park and then another 25 miles of twisty-turney roads just to get to the Valley and at least 30-40 miles to get anywhere else in the park, we wanted to stay inside the park but had not booked far enough in advance. We could have stayed outside the park for $64.00...

May 31, 2013 - National Automobile Museum - Reno

We visited the National Automobile Museum located in the Reno with Evelyn and Ernie. It was amazing! The displays were great and the layout was very good. The galleries are positioned so you would progress thru the years in order. It was fun seeing things as they happened in time. Not much more to say but please enjoy the pictures. We are very happy we decided to go there. Until the next time ........ Have fun and stay safe. God Bless Ken and Fran

May 27, 2013 - Reno, Nevada

After Leaving our rest stop, we stopped at the Historic Martin Hotel and Restaurant for lunch. This is a Basque Restaurant, Reggi had Lamb Shanks and i had Beef Tongue (my first), it was good, the texture is different. Martin Hotel - A lithograph dated 1881 shows a residence on this property. Sometime between 1898 and 1908 Alfonso Pasquale opened the Roman Tavern and Restaurant here. In 1913 Augustine A. Martin and Elisee Henri Martin, both of France, acquired this building and the business was named The Martin Hotel. In 1920, after a fire,...

May 19, 2013 - USBC Women's Championships in Reno

Just a short note regarding the USBC Women's Championships that Fran bowled in May. On May the 18th the teams bowled and Fran was looking for a sub for one of her teams and guess who she found!!!! Wendy Macpherson !!! The pro-bowler! We had met Wendy a few years back and she was in town bowling in the USBC Open Championship and she was happy to help Fran out. Both teams was excited to be able to bowl with Wendy. The guys always watch the women bowl but this time I think they really hung around for Wendy. On a sad note, one of the bowlers...

May 14, 2013 - Lake Almanor, CA to Reno, NV

We left today and went as far as Reno, for an 8:15am appointment to have the A/C on the trailer fixed and have the wheel bearings packed. The RV repair place suggested we stay in the parking lot of Baldini's Casino, since it was only about a mile from them. It was really windy but we didn't care; we weren't BBQ-ing tonight or eating outside. We left the trailer there and went to the Atlantis so I could have my raw oysters and Dave could have his clam chowder-bread bowl. We gambled a little at Baldini's; I lost $40 and Dave won $10. We were...

Apr 18, 2013 - Santa Rosa & Napa Valley

We started our day at the Santa Rosa Visitors Center, where they suggested we take two loop drives, the first took us through what were described as mom and pop operations then out to the Pacific Ocean coast and back to Santa Rosa. The other would take us through Napa Valley. Our first stop was Ferrari- Carano, which as you can tell from the pictures is a pretty successful mom and pop. Jean picked up her first bottle, and declared this was going to be a very good day. Our second stop was Raymond Burr’s, very neat place, but she didn’t find...

Apr 16, 2013 - Reno, NV

Monday morning the winds seemed to calm down a bit so we headed North for Reno, NV. Our thought was to stay east of the mountains hoping to avoid some of the very high wind warnings. We decided not to revisit Sequoia, Yosemite, or Lake Tahoe, primarily because the passes were closed, due to snow and wind. Our plan worked at least partially; we avoided the really high winds, predicted to be 85 mph in some of the canyons, but we did buck some serious head winds all day. Gas mileage was about 7 mpg and we had no trouble staying under the 55...

Apr 5, 2013 - Lincoln to Chester to Reno

Okay, okay. I'm fine and safe and enjoying every day! I spent two days with my dear friends Jo and Wayne in Lincoln, about 20 miles northwest of Sacramento, playing lots of Scrabble. Not quite enough, however, as I left paying Wayne $.78. It's much more fun when I take his money. They are wonderful hosts and Hunter and I had a fabulous time playing with them and their two dogs, and one of Jo's friends who joined us for games in the afternoons. From Lincoln I headed north up Hwy 99, took a right in Red Bluff onto Hwy 36 then spent the night...

Mar 10, 2013 - Reno, NV

We are back home in Reno. After an always nice stay at Jackson Rancheria we left Saturday mid-morning and made the 4 hour trip on I-80 over the Sierra's arriving home around 2:30PM. Now we can get some things done, like taxes, around here and of course get ready to fly to Wisconsin for daughter Kimi's wedding in early April. Plan now is to be back in Reno on April 16th and head out again around May 1st. This next trip will take us up the No. California Oregon Washington coast and from there who knows. Thanks for following us along on our...

Dec 15, 2012 - Heading out from Reno...

Left Reno about 10:30am Saturday and drove to Hawthorne, NV which is about a 3 hour drive. Stayed overnight at a very nice campground called Whiskey Flats and by the photos you'll see how how 'flat' it is. Hawthorne is at the south end of Walker Lake which is a very large lake and provided a great view going in.

Nov 1, 2012 - Clearlake to Reno...

Todays drive takes us down US 20, where we picked up I-5 South to Sacramento, before finally taking I-80 East into Reno, Nevada. It was a nice drive, although a bit depressing to see all of the damage done by the 7,000 acre Wye fire east of Clearlake Oaks in August. At the bottom of the hill we arrived In Williams where we made a brief stop at the Charter Family Fruit Stand. Larry wanted to pick up some fresh walnuts (they had been picked on Tuesday!) and after much debate I finally selected a jar of Spicy Greenbeans, Lemon Citrus Green...