A fun trip to Reno

We spent a long weekend in and around Reno, Nevada to attend the wedding of Mark and Erin Kitchen. Ethan was the best man, and he did a good job. We were seated at Mark's family table and enjoyed talking with his parents, Larrie and Julie. We dined on prime rib and drank wine and danced with all the younger generation, and we enjoyed getting to know Erin's parents, Dan and Denise. In our free time we drove over to Lake Tahoe, up to the Donner Memorial Museum by way of Mount Rose, had a picnic at Donner Lake, and enjoyed the views from Donner Pass. We wished we had brought our skis since several of the higher runs were open. We discovered Truckee, CA, a little one-street rail town where extra steam locomotives once were coupled to haul the heavy freight trains over the Sierras. The old roundhouse has been converted into a diner.