Last weekend I drove up to Truckee to check it out and then headed east into NV where I visited Reno, historic Virginia City, and the Nevada state capital Carson City. I’ll post Reno photos in a different thread, but the rest of the photos are here.
1. Truckee, CA – Nice little downtown with some good shops and restaurants. Seems like a great option for a second home for those with excess money (and it looked like plenty there fit that category). So close to gorgeous Lake Tahoe, but unlike anywhere along the actual
Tahoe lakefront Truckee offers a legit nice old downtown. Plus, it’s even closer to beautiful Donner Lake (photos a little further down). Truckee is also easy to reach via I-80 (after a long slug up through the northeast suburbs of Sacramento) or even via Amtrak if you prefer. So I’m a fan!
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10. Adjacent to Truckee is the Donner Pass and Donner Lake. The area is infamous for the Donner Party, which resorted to cannibalism to survive being stuck there in winter.
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26. Virginia City, NV – Much of this old silver mining town is designated as a National Historic Landmark historic district. I hadn’t heard of the place and it wasn’t on my itinerary, but I happened to see a live news report on a local Reno tv station from Virginia City covering their Halloween festivities. It looked unique so I decided to stop by on my way from Reno to Carson City. Not surprisingly it was very tourist-oriented, but it ended up being a nice little side excursion.
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44. Carson City, NV - the state capital. I visited on a Sunday so not surprisingly it wasn’t all that busy downtown, but the streetscape along the main corridor was rather pleasant and there were some nice little shops & restaurants.
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61. A pleasant older neighborhood just west of the main downtown thoroughfare, which includes the Governor’s Mansion (1st photo below).
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64. On my way back to Oakland I briefly stopped by Zephyr Cove along the Nevada section of Lake Tahoe.
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And that's all for this thread. As I'd said at the top, at some point I plan on posting some photos from Reno. Hope you enjoyed these photos from my little weekend trip.