Day 9

It was 58 degrees this morning, and it felt GREAT!  It certainly was a welcome relief.  The motel we stayed at did not offer breakfast so we rode to the Silver State Dinner.  It was definitely at least sweatshirt weather, and James and Joe had their leather jacket on for the first part of the morning. We went up and over several mountain ranges, which were separated by long stretches of flat nothingness.  It's the Nevada desert after all.  But the S curves and switch backs up and over the mountains were the best yet. Especially the last one before Austin where we met the folks from Denmark.  Our original destination this morning was Reno, where James would have his new bike's 1000 mile service done. Even though it's been about 1800 miles. But when he called Reno Harley, they wouldn't take him, even after he explained his situation.   So we called Carson City Harley and they said they would take him on as soon as he arrived.  So it's a big thumbs DOWN for Reno Harley, and a big thumbs UP for Carson City Harley.  Thank you Carson City!  

We had lunch at a place called Old Middlegate Station.  Now THIS is the place that I imagined seeing when I thought about being in the old west. As you can see, it even still has a hitching post for horses. The people inside this saloon matched the appearance of the outside of it.  It was truly a unique and terrific experience!

As we rode into Carson City I was lagging behind the others and I watched a Dirt Devil swirl up and cross the street right into those 3 guys. It blew them over towards the next lane, and they described it like being sand blasted with the occasional BB hitting them.  It was amazing they didn't get knocked off the bikes.  

After getting James's bike was serviced, we checked into the Gold Dust West Casino for the night.

James won $50 and a free dinner in the casino. Since we won't be here tomorrow, he gave it away.  I won $17 which covered the cost of tonight's dinner. 

335 miles today.