Vacation, Part 3 Delights and disappointments

We arrived at Harrah's on Friday night and after much indecision, decided to go to the Carvings Buffet at Harrah's.  I had been there before and had not been really impressed but we were hungry and tired from the road and it seemed like a good idea.  I had seen a sign about half price if you were over 55 ( which I am)  and we asked about it.  The   cashier said no that was only Sunday - Thursday.  Bummer.  We laughed and thanked her and decided to eat there anyway.  We were already there, we were hungry.  Anna paid the bill and neither of us realized that she had comped us two meals until we sat down and looked at the check.   With Chris using some of his points, the meal for the three of us was around $16.  That was amazing.

Friday was seafood and I ate a HUGE pile of steamed clams and peel and eat shrimp.  I posted a more detailed review on www.stuffyoucanstomach.com.  The service was good and the food was a surprise.

I have detailed our breakfast adventure on www.stuffyoucanstomach.com as well.

We wanted to go to Virginia City.  I had seen this page about a stagecoach ride and it looked REALLY fun.  We decided we wanted to do it.  We got out really late, as it took us forever to find a breakfast house and eat.  We got to Virginia City and found the Visitor Center only to be told that the stagecoach hadn't run in TWO YEARS!  We were very disappointed, but they told us to take the tractor tour ( it's a tractor pulling a line of tram cars)   Nice tour with a lot of colorful information.  We missed the train ride and we have talked about going back, maybe staying at a B&B in town and seeing all the sights.  There was an old time candy store and I bought a bag of rock candy on a string, like I remember from my childhood.  Now they put it on a stick but I bought the string kind for old times sake.  We had a drink ( sarsaparilla for me) in a themed saloon and played the Kenny Roger Gambler machine. We should have known when to fold 'em, We lost!  But it was fun and we returned to Reno.  We went to the three Casinos that are connected Circus Circus, Silver Legacy and the El Dorado.  We neither won nor lost there, stayed much later than my knees could take and tumbled into bed.  Dinner at the Silver Legacy was "meh" and I am not going to rate it except to say the cheese dip appetizer was SO bad we sent it back,

We headed for Carson City for breakfast and back to Black Oak Casino in Tuolumne, CA