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Old September 17th, 2003, 12:36 PM
Roland Schmidt
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Icono Clast wrote:

Now to Roland's question:
Your plans might be blown by snow as that's not a good time to be
travelling up there.


Our plan is to drive from Las Vegas to Reno on one day. I know this is
a boring ride. We did it two years ago. So I know what it's like but
we're not in a hurry. We don't wanna drive through Death Valley, Lee
Vining and then straight north (sorry I don't know the street numbers
right now). We think about taking the route via Beaty and all these
small towns above. How about the snow conditions on this route? We
will watch the weather channell, so there will be no problem to change
the route if there is too much snow.

Roland

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Old September 17th, 2003, 05:17 PM
Patty Winter
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In article ,
Roland Schmidt wrote:
We will watch the weather channell, so there will be no problem to change
the route if there is too much snow.


That's the key. It could turn out that you'll have lovely driving
weather, so you might want to have one Tahoe-focused plan and one
"get over the pass while it's open and then spend time in Grass
Valley/Nevada City/Sacramento" plan, then choose the right one
according to the conditions.


Patty
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Old September 25th, 2003, 07:28 PM
Not the Karl Orff
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In article ,
Roland Schmidt wrote:

Hi,

we're doing a short trip to the USA at the end of November. Out trip
starts in LA, goes over Las Vegas and Reno to San Francisco and back
home. It's our 7th time in LA and Vegas. We also know the horror of
miles between Las Vegas and Reno, but we don't know the area between
Reno and SF above the highway which links both citys.
We got three days for it (Reno - SF). Is there anything interesting
to visit? How about Sacramento? Never been there. We also thought
about staying a little longer in Reno for doing some day trips.
There's no reason to stay in SF, because we've been in SF several
times. So, is there a must see between Reno and SF. I know there is a
Six Flags park :-). We like shopping, but we also like nature. All
suggestions welcome.


it'ds a 5 hour drive or so. Plenty to see and do.

I'd recommend driving up to Truckee/tahoe. up to Sierra City and then
down CA 49 to Auburn or even as far south as Yosemite before heading to
SF.

I'd give Sacramento the skip.
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Old September 25th, 2003, 07:29 PM
Not the Karl Orff
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Default Reno -> San Francisco

In article ,
Roland Schmidt wrote:

Icono Clast wrote:

Now to Roland's question:
Your plans might be blown by snow as that's not a good time to be
travelling up there.


Our plan is to drive from Las Vegas to Reno on one day. I know this is
a boring ride. We did it two years ago. So I know what it's like but
we're not in a hurry. We don't wanna drive through Death Valley, Lee
Vining and then straight north (sorry I don't know the street numbers
right now). We think about taking the route via Beaty and all these
small towns above. How about the snow conditions on this route? We


Should be no problem. It doesn;t really snow much in the leeside of the
sierras but when it does, it could dump.
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Old September 26th, 2003, 02:52 AM
brenda
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Not the Karl Orff wrote in message ...
I it'ds a 5 hour drive or so. Plenty to see and do.

I'd recommend driving up to Truckee/tahoe. up to Sierra City and then
down CA 49 to Auburn or even as far south as Yosemite before heading to
SF.

I'd give Sacramento the skip.


On the Donner Pass (if it's open), the Rainbow Springs Lodge has great
food & fun history/photos/etc. Don't miss Nevada City - totally
charming & check out their website for dates of Victorian Christmas in
Nevada City & Cornish Christmas in Grass Valley - both a lot of fun &
on alternating weekends, I believe. We really like the Holbrooke
Hotel in Grass Valley - full of history - ask for the Ulysses Grant or
the Mark Twain suite. Enjoy - just a great & beautiful area of
California.
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Old September 26th, 2003, 09:22 AM
Icono Clast
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Not the Karl Orff wrote:
Icono Clast said:
The suggestion for Virginia City, for example, although a good one
that I endorse might not be possible because of snow.


that road is ploughed year around so unless it's snowing heavily, you
can visit it.


I have encountered the road closed. Perhaps they were among the rare
exceptions.

I've visited Virginia City many times and even once considered buying
a casino there. I spent an entire day with the seller who showed me
much about the operation and what he felt he had to do. I decided it
was more work than I was willing to do. It would have been giving my
life to the work so I remained, for my entire working life, an
employee of others with a full life almost completely separate from my
work.

Are you thinking of Brodie?


No. I cannot tell you how many times I've tried, but failed, to visit
Brodie. The one time I succeeded was late in the day so it was a
short, but well worth the while, visit.
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