Mini-vacation

Terry and I had a mini-vacation (which was really just a long weekend). We traveled to Reno for some much needed R&R. The roads from Silver Lake, Lakeview and Alturas were packed snow and sometimes slushy. We stopped in Lakeview to have lunch with Aunt Marcie & Uncle Glen. The slushy roads made the snow and ice cake up under the tire rims and it got so thick we heard it grinding when we made a turn so stopped and tried to knock it off. It was extremely hard but we were able to get enough off so it wouldn't grind. After we got to Reno, it took two days for it to finally melt. We stayed at the Nugget and I found a John Wayne penny machine that was pretty fun and I won some on it. We also played Pai Gow Poker and I even tried Let It Ride Poker. I like Pai Gow better. Terry got a royal flush in Pai Gow but as usual I was not playing when he got it, so I missed seeing it (I did get to spend some of the money later though!!)
Terry also made some points with me by taking me to see the Nevada State Museum in Carson City but it was his good luck and my bad luck that the Museum was closed on Mondays. Oh well, he tried!! So he gets credit for that. Another nice thing about the trip - I did not worry about work this time, since our plant is now using the corporate software system I am not the sole support, and so there are other people that can help if someone gets stuck on something. Quite a different feeling after being the only one that knew our old system. So, for the last 6 1/2 years even when I was on vacation I still had my work laptop with me and checked e-mails and got phone calls. This time I did not have to "stay in touch" so it was quite a refreshing change.