Question for Reno Veterans

Carson City is the armpit of Nevada!

Well, that about sums it up. Thanks!

Minden is only about 10-15 minutes from Carson City, and is MUCH more
beautiful.

Is that 10 - 15 minutes by air, or by car? If it's by car (which is the
important measurement for me, at the moment), I am so THERE.

Like everyone else said, if you have the time you HAVE TO go soaring in
Minden.

Doubtful. I suspect we'll be up at Stead most of the time.

Probably wouldn't be as much fun for the kids, though.

Hee hee! No kids! Grandma's coming -- long live Grandma!

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Is that 10 - 15 minutes by air, or by car? If it's by car (which is the
important measurement for me, at the moment), I am so THERE.

By car.

Like everyone else said, if you have the time you HAVE TO go soaring in
Minden.

Doubtful. I suspect we'll be up at Stead most of the time.


Too bad.

Probably wouldn't be as much fun for the kids, though.

Hee hee! No kids! Grandma's coming -- long live Grandma!


If you're not bringing the kids, then just about any hotel you can get would
work fine.

The offer on my car still stands, too ;-)

If you're not bringing the kids, then just about any hotel you can get
would
work fine.

Can anyone recommend any particular hotel?

The offer on my car still stands, too ;-)

Thanks, man! I just might take you up on that!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:kuNWc.37315$9d6.6637@attbi_s54...
Carson City is the armpit of Nevada!

Well, that about sums it up. Thanks!

Well, Carson has some features. The Capitol is cool looking, there
are nice Victorians on the west side, and more than a couple of nice
restaurants and bars. Plus an amazing number of Grumman Albatrosses
at the airport. They have several nice parks (we walk our dog off of
Deer Run in the Spring when we're still snowbound). But, the city
government are idiots. The town looks like crap approaching from the
south or east and only slightly better from the north or west. They
lost a Kmart and a Walmart, so they try to attract new retail leaving
tens of thousands of square feet of retail empty. Car and RV dealers
are scattered everywhere and only a couple of dealers threatening to
go to Douglas County (where the Weiss family and I live) got them to
consider an auto mall (a decade late). The only resort hotel has been
closed for over three years and is in a ****ing match with the city
over permits. And, aesthetically, a recent wildfire did decimate a
lot of their forest views and there are way too many trashy
neighborhoods for such a small city.

Armpit? Well, we do have Beatty and Vegas in the competition.

Hee hee! No kids! Grandma's coming -- long live Grandma!

Hey, no kids! Stay in a B&B in Genoa. The Weiss's have offered
transportation twice. Have them pick you up at KMEV and drive you to
Red's Old 395 in Carson. There is an Enterprise location sharing the
parking lot there, and they have close to 100 beers in bottle or on
tap. Eat some onion strings, drink some beer, and have dinner in
Genoa.

Douglas County is a beautiful part of Nevada. And, no income tax,
fairly mild business/corporate fees, stunning views - you may
reconsider your life as a flatlander!

-Joe

Tahoe Joe wrote:
They lost a Kmart and a Walmart, so they try to attract new
retail leaving tens of thousands of square feet of retail empty.

How do you lose a WalMart!!!

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:13:50 GMT, john smith wrote:


How do you lose a WalMart!!!


With diligence and determination!

john smith wrote in message ...
Tahoe Joe wrote:
They lost a Kmart and a Walmart, so they try to attract new
retail leaving tens of thousands of square feet of retail empty.

How do you lose a WalMart!!!

Well, Walmart said they needed a Super Walmart and Douglas County
government and developers said, "what can we do to get your tax
dollars over here?". Meanwhile, Carson City government tried to offer
up a community park as a possible site, and a save the park movement
actually won. Now, Carson is trying to get another Super Walmart.
There is a huge empty Super Kmart at the north end of town, and empty
Walmart at the south end of town, and a number of empty light
industrial on the east side of town. So naturally, they are talking
about building somewhere else, leaving the blight.

And now, Max Baer from the Beverly Hillbillies wants to build a casino
complete with a flaming oil derrick at the old Walmart site. Of
course, only after he bought it did he learn that the CC&Rs won't
allow a casino.

More Carson stupidity. For a number of years the City has pushed the
state for a freeway bypass that the state really did not want to spend
the money on. It's being built now. So the existing downtown, which
already has vacanct casinos and vacant lots - but is right on U.S. 395
- will be bypassed.

We use a lot of services in Carson, but I sure would never invest
there.

And now, Max Baer from the Beverly Hillbillies wants to build a casino
complete with a flaming oil derrick at the old Walmart site. Of
course, only after he bought it did he learn that the CC&Rs won't
allow a casino.

....And that's only after Reno told him to get lost when he tried to build at
Park Lane Mall.

Thanks for the tips, Joe.

Any recommended B&Bs in Genoa?

Where is Genoa in relation to Minden? Between there and Stead, hopefully!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Genoa is due west of the Minden airport (I used to live there). You are
looking at an hour+ to drive from the Minden area to the Stead airport.

Mike
MU-2

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:Tj1Xc.231128$eM2.77617@attbi_s51...
Thanks for the tips, Joe.

Any recommended B&Bs in Genoa?

Where is Genoa in relation to Minden? Between there and Stead, hopefully!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"