So Day 2 was spent in Reno. S calls Reno the "Poor Man's Las Vegas." An accurate description, really. Reno has casinos (including some of the famous names seen on 'The Strip' in Las Vegas) and is in dry, hot Nevada. But it isn't quite Las Vegas. It really lacks the scale, the grandeur of Las Vegas.
We spent some part of the day at the Peppermill Resort, in Reno. This is Reno's best rated resort/hotel, and it's really apparent why. It's done up very prettily, in an Italian style. I took several pictures of the place...
After exploring the hotel a little (and trying our (bad) luck at the casinos for a bit), we went to a quaint little diner, The Pneumatic Diner, for lunch. This was a tiny almost hole-in-the-wall place which served vegetarian/vegan food, and the menu had a lot of puns. Maybe they overdid it, but the food sure was nice, and we had a great lunch.
We then went for a walk along the Riverwalk, which is basically a walk by the river Truckee, which runs through Reno. Very interestingly, one part of the Riverwalk is surrounded by a park and natural scenery, and the other part resembles European cities with cobblestone streets, sculptures and art installations and the like.
We ended the day with a little more walking around within our hotel, all charged up for the long drive to Salt Lake City the next day.
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