Friday in Tahoe area

Today we drove 40 minutes to Carson City, NV.  On the way there is a very tall boulder along side of the highway that has a flag on the top.  On the fence below are two signs:  Support our troops and a yellow ribbon, and All gave some and some gave all.

In town, there is a huge flag on a hill-can't tell if it is made from stones, or what.

We drove around a few blocks to see very old houses and the governor's mansion, built in 1906.  My sister and I had planned to go to a tearoom, but it has closed, so the guys dropped us off at a small mall while they went through the Nevada State railroad museum.

 

Back to Tahoe.  The Nv/Cal state line crosses a street.  All the casinos are on the  NV side, of course. One casino was built on the line, allowing gambling only to take place in half of it,

Then the others went to a wooden boat show.  There were 85 rare boats, dating from the 1920's to the 50's.  Not sure on the first photo but the Cris Craft was built in 1930, used extensively for years and finally restored to its present condition.

After looking at all the fine old boats we stopped by one of the locations where folks were displaying their cars for Hot August Nights.  Ya, I know its not August yet but this weekend starts the "Big Show."

Tomorrow we head back to Carson City for a day-long steam train ride from Carson City to Virginia City on the Virginia and Truckee RR.  Looking forward to that.