Carl's Blog

It’s June 10, 2024 and I’m up very early for my flights to Genoa, Nevada. Genoa is located on the east side of the mountains that encircle Lake Tahoe. I have no set plans other than to hike some easy trails, tour the lake, and visit some historical sites; hopefully along the way I can take some good pictures and share my experience.

Traveling Day

I made it to Austin and now I’m waiting for my connecting flight. Since it’s early in the morning I also just paid $13 for $5 breakfast tacos, but I’m no longer hungry. Not going to talk about prices at airports where people are trapped and have no choice when all the prices are fixed.

Something I found interesting is the gate I arrived at is the gate I’m leaving through. Maybe that will improve my odds at winning the lottery this week. 🤪

What to do while waiting

The main thing I’m doing or did do was listen to some podcasts. My listening choices are mostly historical or about Christianity. Here are the episodes I listened to I do recommend them if you like learning things.

• Biblical Time Machine Animals from Ancient Time
• Theology In The Raw Raising Boys, Masculinity
• Gone Medieval Edward the Confessor
• AfterDark Enfield Poltergeist
• Biblical Time Machine Second Look At Mary
• The Biblical Languages Podcast The Dead Sea Scrolls
• American History President Chester Arthur

Boarding the next plane

I’m getting ready to board the next plane to Reno with a stop to load / unload in Las Vegas. Does that count so I can say I’ve been to Vegas? Because honestly I can’t think of a reason to go to Vegas unless it’s to see a musician’s show. Oh well.

So the picture of the plane is the flight before mine. It would be cool to have the super power of being in two locations at once but sadly I don’t have that power or do I? 😇

Made it to Vegas baby… Not getting off the plane though

Next stop is Reno..

At the time I’m writing / typing this I’m glad I was able to take a few naps on the plan flights. I’m thinking the 2 hour time change is going to catch up with me eventually, but until then Go Hard or Go Home!

So I arrived in Reno and before you can even leave the airport you find these machines.

And no I didn’t give them a try. I have terrible luck; plus, I’m holding all my luck up to win the Mega Millions Lottery. One day my numbers will hit, I will probably have been dead for 50 years, but still they will hit. Hehe

The rental process was a breeze with Enterprise, I did all the paperwork the day before and all they did was verify my credit card and I was given the key fab to a 2023 Mustang Convertible. (Pictures tomorrow or maybe Wednesday) I want one now. The Android Auto synced with my phone without a single issue and I was able to use Google Maps via my phone linked to the Android Auto to navigate. It even started to play the Spotify playlist I was listening to on the airplane. Sometimes technology can be cool, when it works.

So, here is the view from my room, in Genoa, Nevada. I’m on the east side of the mountains that encircle Lake Tahoe.

I drove through the small town of Genoa, at a very, very, very slow speed. This was not by choice, the speed limit was only 25 mph. It’s 1.5 miles from where I’m staying and there is a path that walks along the river in the picture above that I’m thinking of walking tomorrow and getting the history of this little town. So that is Tuesday morning planned. There is a van / train tour to Virginia City that interests me, but its $90 and I’m debating if I like trains enough. FYI, I do like trains, go back and check out these previous trips. So it’s highly probable there will be a train trip, if I can schedule it.

• Last October 2023 Planes Automobiles and Trains
• Canada 2018 Start here In Montreal
• Nothern USA 2016 Chicago to Settle Starts here

And with that, I’m going to end the post. But one last things, wow groceries in this town are expensive compared to home. A package of 10 slices of cheese costs me $2.60 in Texas and is $3.90 here. Until tomorrow.