CAA #3 Reno/Tahoe/Carson City/Sparks/Virginia City

August 2012

Event Details:
Come to Virginia City, NV and spend three great days hanging out and driving around the beautiful Sierra Nevada mountains with fellow Crossfire owners. Virginia City is closely located to the Carson Valley (Carson City,) (Washoe Valley (Reno,) and Lake Tahoe NV/CA!

Lodging:
Silverland Hotel (Group block rate of $89 for a standard single king or a double queen bed room) Call 775-847-4484 or 888-859-4119 and reserve your room under the block reserved for Crossfire/Francis Keyser (we need at least 10 reservations by the end of June to keep the group rate, after that the room price will revert to normal.)

Alternative places to Stay:
Cobb Mansion
Edith Palmers Country Inn.
Silver Queen Hotel
B Street Inn
Sugar Loaf Hotel

Event Calendar
21st
Breakfast/Meet and Greet.

National Automobile Museum "Harrah's Collection"
$10 per adult group discount available at 10 members

Suggested places to eat lunch in Spanish Springs, NV. If going on the Drive(See Below)

Pyramid Byway http://mapq.st/A6Uy2N

Suggested places to eat dinner in Virginia City/Reno/Sparks/Carson City (See Below)

22nd
Carson Pass Route 88 http://mapq.st/xxGiE0

Suggested places to eat lunch in Pollock Pines, CA if going on the drive( Halfway point of drive.) (See Below)

Event selections: V&T train tour from Virginia City to Carson City. Mine Tour. Stagecoach rides.

Suggested places to eatgamble dinner in Virginia City/Reno/Sparks/Carson City. (See Below)

23rd
Breakfast

Tahoe Loop http://mapq.st/wFAv1g

Suggested places to eat lunch on the Tahoe Loop (See Below)

Event: Gondola ride to Squaw peak, touring the Olympic Village (Tahoe/Trukee,)

Suggested places to eat/gamble dinner in Virginia City/Reno/Sparks/Carson City (See Below)

 

Attending:
1. Spotbimmer
2. dinasrt (Bob and Dina)
3. tighed1
4. sandgrounder (Dave and Carol)
5. Northern 6
6. FTroopChief (health permitting)
7. frankeyser (Francis and ZoAnn)
8. crrroger
9. Wedge & Wife
10. Moparfreak69
11. Amgpwrd & Wife (Tom and Bernice)
12. Jimmier
13. rmaier
14. joejet (Joe and Helena
15. dcjordan (Dennis&Pat)
16. texas t (Sonia and Danny)
17.
18.

Stopping in:
1. Mopar or no car (David and Cathleen)

Tentative:
1. Derf (Fred Jr and Mollie)
2. MsRedda
3. Kjwinston
4. Tyler (Wedge's son)
5. rohit_m and wife
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

 

Detailed Info

Drive Route descriptions:
Pyramid Byway: http://mapq.st/A6Uy2N
Pyramid Lake, sponsored by Native Americans, takes you to one of the largest desert lakes in the world. It is landlocked on the barren desert floor and its colors change from green, to turquoise, to deep blue. The lake is also a resting place for a variety of migrating waterfowl.

Carson Pass Route 88: http://mapq.st/xxGiE0
Stretching from the Sacramento Valley of California to the Carson Valley in Nevada, this 58-mile byway winds its way through the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, reaches the summit at Carson Pass, and ends up on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada.

One of the most visually dramatic of the trans-Sierra highways in California, you will witness views of ragged volcanic skylines, cool green meadows, mountain lakes framed by timber-covered slopes, adventure-filled rock valleys, and distant mountain peaks.

Tahoe Loop http://mapq.st/wFAv1g
Drive the entire Tahoe Loop at a leisurely pace and take in the beautiful mountain vistas around the lake. There are too many scenic looks outs to list and all of them are amazing in their own way.

Places to eat:
Virginia City, NV
Cafe Del Rio
Mandarin Garden
Bonanza Cafe
Crown Point Restaurant
Bucket of Blood

Reno, NV
Santa Fe Hotel (Basque food)
Thai Corner Cafe (Thai)
Little Nugget (Home of the Awful Awful Burger)
Silver Peak Grill and Taproom

Carson, NV
Basil
Glen Eagles
Red's Old 395 Grill

Spanish Springs/Sparks, NV
BJ's BBQ (BBQ)
Tha Joint (Sushi)

Lake Tahoe, NV/CA
Steamers (Pizza)
Wild Goose
Naked Fish

Pollock Pines, CA
Ice House Resort
50 Grand
New Haven
Los Hermanos
Burger Barn

Things to do:
Virginia City:
Little places to gamble all around town.
Ride the VC Steam Train
Take a ride in a horse and carriage and get up to 30mph
Pan for gold
Visit one of the many Museums (Mining, Train, etc.)

Suggested Casinos
(Below I have listed the places that I've been and would recommend. We are not the best judges of Casinos because we usually only go to catch dinner and a show.)
Reno:
A few larger resorts peppered with midsize casinos all around Reno.
Elderado/Silver Legacy
Harrah's Casino
Peppermill
Grand Sierra Resort

Sparks:
One large resort and a lot of smaller casinos around Sparks.
John Ascuaga's Nugget

Tahoe:
A handful of larger Resorts and Casinos are up at the lake.
Montbleu Resort
Harveys Lake Tahoe

Virginia City:
Lots of little gambling spots scattered across town.

Carson City:
A lot of smaller casinos located throughout Carson.
Carson Nugget

 

Which month is this?

And thanks for making this possible.

 

You're welcome and August. I have been trying to add it to the title but can not figure out how.

 

I would love to attend this, have to spend some time working on the wife though. I'll update before the date to let everyone know either way what we decide. Never been to the Tahoe area, would love to see it.

Any big selling points I can use on my wife to convince her she needs to see the region?

 

Count me in, I lived in Reno ages ago!

 

Please count Dina and I in. Let us know what we can do to assist. Bob

 

Can't think of any reason why I shouldn't be there.
Count me it!

 

A short trip for Sandgrounder,only 1500 miles , count me in

 

I just posted this on the CICCI facebook page for you, hope you get good weather and a nice turn out.

 

Going to Vegas in October, so I don't think I can swing this one as well.

Sounds like a great time...

 

Want to make this gtg! so put us down as a probably, any one else from area / Tx etc maybe put a group drive

 

Last night my wife wrote up a long description of things around this area that your wife might enjoy and then my login timed out and it did not post haha. So here is what I remember her saying.

One of the most beautiful Alpine lakes, rrr majestic Sierra Nevada Mountain range... Something about how cool Pyramid lake is in the middle of the dessert... Food and shopping... Other good things...

Either I do not have the best listening skills or my memory is not serving me very well. I am going to say it is a combination of the two.

What kinds of things does your wife like to do and see?

 

it is probably a lot like you remember it. I have been here 16 years now and nothing much has really change haha. I suppose it has expanded quite a bit suburb wise.

 

What kinds of things does your wife like to do and see?


I'm going to step out on a limb and guess......shopping

 

Haha, we have plenty of shopping here and around here. From malls to more personal and boutique shops, downtown, in Truckee, CA and up around Tahoe. There are also a lot of cool shops in Virginia City as well.

I really do not know that much about the shopping, I try to avoid it as much as possible. I go batty waiting for Zo to buy whatever she is buying and usually end up just pacing and wondering why stores do not have a waiting area for bored husbands.

 

Can't imagine any woman turning down a trip to Tahoe with all scenery, shopping, restaurants and casinos....not to mention fellow xf owners to hang with.

 

My wife just loves Virginia City and always wants us to buy a place there, here is a link you can show your wife so that she can look at some of the attractions there http://www.visitvirginiacitynv.com/

 

Silverland Inn and Suites has offered me the group block rate of $89 for a standard single king or a double queen bed room. It is the only hotel in Virginia City that has a large enough parking lot to consolidating the Crossfire group. I feel this will be the best option, otherwise everyone is going to be spread all over the town.

This rate is for at minimum 10 rooms reserved. I will have it set up under the name/names Crossfire group/Francis Keyser.

All of the Junior Suites are already reserved so I would like it if I could get a more solid head count by mid-late March. In the first post of the thread I also listed alternate lodging for those that may want to shop around or in want of a more unique experience.

Hope to see everyone there!