Today we did some sightseeing around Reno. First we went to Scheel's Sporting Goods Store. It has only been open 2 weeks and is the world's largest sporting goods store. (about twice the size of our Bass Pro.) It looks like a whole mall inside with this ferris wheel in the middle. They have shooting galleries, hockey reality games, race car simulators, etc for entertainment. Each dept. is like a store in itself. They also have an exhibit of wax replicas of Presidents of the US. Abe Lincoln is the most elaborate since he moves and talks. Fred was amazed at how his eyes moved and blinked while he was talking and how realistic his hands were with veins running through them. We made a few purchases (we always buy more fishing stuff for Fred) and then headed over the mountain to Lake Tahoe.
We stopped at the summit of Mt. Rose and took pictures in the snow. Tex went crazy--slipping and sliding all over the snow. He has not seen much of it and never this much. He soon tired of it and would only sit on the road where the snow had melted. We attempted to get the tripod and timer all set up to get some great shots and the camera battery went dead but we did get a couple. But none of beautiful Lake Tahoe. If you have seen pictures of it--it is just that emerald and clear---they say that you can see 70 feet below the water. We could see huge boulders clearly under the water. Then back to Reno to do our last gambling before leaving in the morning.
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