I have to get blood tests tomorrow for my annual medical exam coming up in a couple of weeks. That means needing to fast for at least twelve hours, and thus means I'm not going to be able to have my usual breakfast at the Wigwam Restaurant. So this evening Lisa and I went to the Wigwam for an unusual breakfast. They were doing an evening breakfast- ( Read more... )

It was cold last night, but I did not realize how cold until I ran out to do an errand this morning.

( Sign of Things to Come )

For the past two weekends, the local arts council has been running a haunted house on Friday and Saturday nights. The first night it was running, I was startled by this big booming sound at irregular intervals. Once I realized it was coming from the haunted house, I didn't worry about it, although it was disconcerting to have the windows rattling. ( Read more... )

The Wigwam Restaurant in Fernley stopped serving dinner a while ago, but they were open this evening for a special buffet.

( The Big Dinner )

While walking after breakfast yesterday, I learned something about Fernley at what is currently the All Points Grill, a roadside diner that previously was a taqueria and has been under different names during its history, which apparently goes back for a while.

( Fernley History )

This morning, I decided to try out the Black Bear Diner's advertised super-breakfast, called "The Grizz." That amounted to a sweet-cream waffle, 3 eggs, 2 slices of thick-cut smoked bacon, 2 sausage links & a smoked ham steak, plus hash browns. It's huge! Indeed, I should have been asked to be seated at a larger table, as it came on two large ( Read more... )

If you have followed me at all, you have likely seen photos taken of Fernley's small rail yard. Today was the big day for the Big Boy to leave Sparks and pass through Fernley on its way to Lovelock and Winnemucca as the train makes its way back to Cheyenne. Lisa was our there fairly early once other people started showing up, and she came loaded ( Read more... )

The short burst that soaked me yesterday was followed by a short clearance and then a longer and heavier rainfall. Lisa recorded it from underneath the shelter that covers the travel trailer.

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As is the way of desert living, it felt like we got about 10% of our annual precipitation in about ten minutes. It did cool things off, and it did create a ( Read more... )

When the bills came in for the Astro, I knew I needed to do a little bit of cutting back, and one thing I started forgoing was breakfast at the Wigwam on Saturdays. Today, however, after Lisa and I went to Reno at 2 AM for groceries at WinCo, I decided that I could go ahead and get breakfast there. I'm a regular there, and they wondered if I had ( Read more... )

Just after 5:30 AM local time in Fernley, the longest day of the year dawned, with the local-to-me landmark for sunrise.

( My Personal Stonehenge )