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Check the Calendar, it's Reno-vember
November is traditionally part of the shoulder season here in Reno, the breathing space between the summer when tourists flock here for the outdoor recreation, the gaming and the entertainment, and the winter when tourists flock here for the outdoor recreation, the gaming and the entertainment. In October and November... Read More
Of Pre-historic Fish and the Remnant of an Inland Ocean
Look, I honestly didn’t plan it this way. But I know that people are going to open up this blog post and think to themselves, “Wow. This guy’s really got lakes on the brain.” Cross my heart, last week when I talked about all the non-Tahoe and non-Donner lakes here in the area, I didn’t know that Pyramid Lake was right... Read More
Lake Hopping in Reno
Not too long ago we explored the history of how Reno got its name, and we chatted about how the original community here was known as Lake’s Crossing. You may remember that the Lake in question wasn’t a body of water but was instead called that for the owner of a toll bridge over the Truckee River, a fellow by the name... Read More
Busting Ghosts in Reno
Ghost stories are all the rage at this time of year, but compared to the rest of the state, Reno is almost a barren wasteland when it comes to haunted houses. Carson City has more ghosts than you can shake a stick at, and when it comes to Virginia City, well you can just forget about it, there are more spirits roaming... Read More
"I'll Take Biggest Little City for $200, Alex"
I always enjoy reading the Lake Tahoe This Week posts by my colleagues over on our sister site, Tahoe.com. Sometimes they’ll do a piece like Five Interesting Facts About the Lake, and even though Tahoe is my bread and butter, I am usually happily surprised to learn something new from the blog. So this week, I thought... Read More