By my complete ignorance of holidays, I ended up being in Reno for the Fourth of July. I met Sam in the bar after my long night drive through the wilds of Highway 20 and Highway 80. I’d never driven in to Reno by myself, and it was oddly picturesque: flashing lights and giant marquees.
The two days I spent in Reno were fun, and mostly spent in Sam’s bar. We also did what I’d been looking forward to for a long time, going to the Gold Dust with Jay and the gang for breakfast at 3 a.m.
We also did Mel’s, In-N-Out, and all the fried food available. It seemed like I’d just arrived when I realized I had to have the rental car back the next day.
There was awful traffic, so I ended up taking a detour down Sunrise and Fair Oaks, ending up at my grandma’s house. I even did a drive-by viewing of it, and it looked exactly the same.
It was sadly the same. I wanted it to be bulldozed and rebuilt, but I guess they aren’t renovating the outside, just the inside.