Before leaving Reno

We spent the night in the “the biggest little city in the world” or something along these lines. Reno is a small replica of Las Vegas, a bit less pretentious and much more humane, because of its smaller size and of its surroundings much closer to real nature. We stayed at the Eldorado Hotel Casino an extraordinary good value in these days of skyrocketing cost of living and were able to weave our way through thin crowds and didn’t have to be bothered with noise and all the other nuisances that are part of these huge casinos. The very best part of our stay in Reno though, was our morning run along the banks of the Truckee River and through the Idlewild Park dodging the misadjusted automatic sprinklers. We’ve ran there several times already and there are very few nicest running treks I had a chance to experience in my thirty years of road-running on a vast variety of courses…