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Afternoon in Virginia City

April 12, 2025informational, personal, photograph, presentation, scenic, travelgold, mining, Nevada, Ponderosa, Reno, silver, Virginia CityArnie

Around Town

This “western” style town is a short thirty minute drive from downtown Reno.

A very winding road takes you about 1500 feet above Reno where you’ll have a view of the attractive high plains landscape.

Then you’ll immediately see the town’s historical likeness to a mining town of the past.

One of the first sites you’ll see is the tall, picturesque St Mary in the Mountains Church.

The town maintains the look of the 1800s having storefronts with wooden sidewalks.

There are plenty of shops lining the narrow streets in town.

Inside candy is sold the “old” way from these barrels.

… and they have plenty of souvenirs available that date from earlier decades

Collectors will find plenty of items that might appeal to their liking

We stopped for lunch at one of the many local restaurants – this one with a very interesting name.

And of course there was time for a little humor remembering the early days of law and order in the old west.

My son often visits this shop for beef jerky. Watch out for fire!

The town was founded in the 1850’s as a mining town because of the discovery of gold and silver known as the Comstock Lode. By the late 1800s the output of the mines fell of and the large population declined.

Some of the older readers may remember a western television program from the 1960s and 1970s called Bonanza. The Cartwright Family owed the fictitious Ponderosa Ranch located near Virginia City.

If you’re in the Reno area, take a ride to see the charm of an old western town.

Shooting Airplanes

February 9, 2025aviation, informational, movie, photograph, presentation, scenic, travel, videoaircraft, airplanes, airport, aviation, Las Vegas, photos, travelArnie

with my camera

As a big fan of aviation I make sure that I have a camera with me whenever I’m near an airport. Sometimes I’ll even make a special trip to an airport especially if it has a viewing area.

There’s one such viewing area alongside Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. For those of you familiar with the city, the viewing area is on Sunset Road towards the east end of the airport. Here you will get a very clear view of aircraft landing on runway 26L. Below are a few shots that I captured recently.

Below is a short clip of my flight into LAS two days earlier

Hopefully you enjoyed seeing these airplanes as much as did.

Written by:

Arnie Lee

Casino Hopping

February 8, 2025informational, movie, personal, photograph, presentation, recreation, travel, videocasinos, Las Vegas, photos, shopping, travelArnie

inside and outside

Early last month I was in Las Vegas for a few days. For the last forty or so years, I’ve traveled to Las Vegas for business and pleasure so I’m pretty familiar with the city and surroundings. But each time I return there is always something new to see. It’s a very dynamic place.

Since I’m not into gaming, neither the blackjack and crap tables nor roulette wheels interest me. However is you continue to walk through the huge gaming areas you will reach the shopping area lined with elegant (and expensive) retail stores selling jewelry, clothing and fashion accessories.

I’m not really a shopper but i do I enjoy window shopping. Here are some of the “attractions” for visitors who are not gamblers.