29 Apr 2016 - Tourist trip: Reno - Carson City, Virginia City

Friday, and I was up early in order to get the RV over to Reno Freightliner to get the "Check Engine" light looked at as well as the shimmy in the front end and also to have the generator oil filter changed as I was not able to loosen it when I changed the oil at 200 hours. It now sits at 247 hours on the diesel generator.

     After dropping the RV off we went and grabbed breakfast at Denny's, took the dogs for a nice walk and play at a nearby park and then decided to go to Carson City and Virginia City after finding out that they would probably be most of the day on the RV.

     Carson City, about 30 miles South of Reno, was not that large or interesting, except for the fact that it is the Capitol of Nevada and was named after mountain man Kit Carson.  

Virginia City, on the other hand, was pretty cool. It was once the "Richest city in the West" and is now an interesting tourist attraction with the old houses, mining history, boardwalks and saloons.

We found a parking spot fairly easily and took the dog carriage out for the dogs and walked up and down Main Street, stopping to check out some of the more interesting attractions.

There was a museum, that had a lot of neat old stuff, and an interesting video on the history which we went in to see. There was also a place selling salt water toffey at a buck a pound that we had to stock up on as well

     Darlene checked out some dresses and also the McKay Mansion while TJ tried out some cotton candy ice cream and I took some photos. 

     Following Virginia City we took a steep (15% Grade) and windy road to Carson city (Capital of Nevada) followed by a drive to Lake Tahoe. We didn't stay long in Tahoe as it was getting on towards supper and we wanted to get the RV back.

   

      Darlene drove most of the way back and the RV still wasn't ready so we went to the Black Bear for supper and sure enough got a call that our Coach could be picked up.

     It started to rain heavily and was dark by the time we pulled out of the Freightliner yard, 578 bucks poorer. They had done the front end alignment, although they said it wasn't that far out, recommended either new front tires or rotate them with some of the back ones. They had also done an upgrade on the EGR monitor for free and replaced the oil filter on the Diesel Generator that had been too tight for normal people to remove, lol.

     It wasn't until we got back to the RV Park and turned on the lights that we found that whoever had taken the RV out for a test drive had been pretty rough on it as the Apple Computer had been knocked down and stuff in the fridge had been knocked down as well. Will have to mention something to them tomorrow before we leave. 

     

     Parking the RV in a tight spot in the dark was not easy so I think we will start having Darlene park while I direct in the future to see if that works more efficiently.