Billy the Kid

Truckee,CA and Reno,NV

It was my first time to ever travel California. The entire vacation totaled five days. First, we flew from Austin to Los Angeles. I'll tell you, whatta dirty city, lets just say the air quality was that of Mexico City. Despite the unclean air, I was still able to see downtown LA and the Hollywood sign way off in the distance. We were at LAX for only 2 hours. After LAX we proceeded into Reno where casinos were the first thing to catch my eye. Reno brings me to my next point.....

In-N-Out..........

I must say that Whataburger still wins; however, the burger was still delicious. I ordered the Double-Double but I didn't get the special sauce, maybe thats why I didn't grasp the complete experience. Also in Reno on our third day, we went to Peppermill, but were with some people who weren't gamblers so I couldn't take my sweet time. Peppermill was rated a top ten casino out of some magazine or newspaper. Its one of the more flashy casinos I've seen, thats including all the casinos from Vegas. The poker room was large, but I got stuck playing 4-8 limit because 1/2 no limit had a considerably large wait time. I only took 100 bucks to play poker and again didn't have much time so my hand selection was pretty broad. The third hand I was dealt AQ offsuite and hit the nuts on the turn.......Broadway,what comes on the river, the second jack to pair the freakin board, of course I check, he bets out 8, I smooth call. He flips over pocket Kings for a full boat, just my luck, there goes about half my stack. From that point my moral went down and I went on partial tilt playing midrange hands hoping to hit, but, of course I was blinded down to crumbs and left. Here's a shot of Peppermill...........

Overall, California was beautiful! The average temperature during the day was about 50. The average at night and early morning was about 20. Not bad at all, nice fresh mountain air for a change. Anyway, the trip made for a nice little break, now back to civilization. Guess I'll see everybody this next weekend for our regular game!