Reno Trip Report (sale, foreclosures, renting)

[greatbasinguide]

Washoe Medical Center, known as Washoe Med is a great hospital. They changed the name to Renown, which has annoyed every one except the Chairman I guess. But it is still a good hospital. If you or your husband is a Veteran, there is a very good Veteran's hospital in Reno, and St Mary's is also great. Most everything you could want in medicine is in Reno. Partly because the area is so great to live in it attracts Docs from all over.

As for Beer, Great Basin Brewery in Sparks is worth a try.

Also, locals seldom go downtown. I have not been down town in at least 10 years, but I am in town nearly every day. Most local people don't spend time in the casinos except for shows.

[mimi2007]

Thanks, greatbasinguide, for your comments on medical facilities. I had looked up all of those places, but one really needs personal experience from a native. When we moved to Illinois years ago, several people steered us to one of the smaller hospitals in the county....that services the ultra rich (which we are not). What a difference from what we were used to in our home town. They treat you like a million dollars at this place. My husband recently had outpatient surgery there. We preregistered online, and when we got to the hospital, they scooted him into a private room to prepare him for surgery. There was an amazing staff of people bustling around him. We've grown accustomed to that wonderful kind of medical treatment. I have a friend who lives in Vegas who kept saying that medical care there was awful. Then, at my urging, she went to a newer hospital in a more expensive part of town, and sure enough, she saw an amazing difference in care provided. Life shouldn't be like this....everyone should get great care...but you know the reality.

As for Great Basin Brewerey, as our waitress at Silver Peak was setting our food in front of us, she told us about Great Basin and raved about it. It was our last night in town, and we had just returned our rental car (we could have kept it till the AM but my husband didn't think we would be using it anymore). We just looked down at our food and then each other and groaned. Next trip we will be sure to go there.

I think you are right about locals downtown. Other than employees, I don't think we spoke with any players who were not tourists. But....my husband hit three Royal Flushes downtown, and we didn't play all that much...we spent most of our time outside the casinos.

[greatbasinguide]

I am a teacher, until tomorrow afternoon!! When I retire. One of my fellow teachers is a waitress at Silver Peak. She makes more there part time than she does teaching

When you move here be very carefully about gambling. The casinos win in the end. Many lives have been ruined by incautious gambling.

[Tressa]

Originally Posted by greatbasinguide

I am a teacher, until tomorrow afternoon!! When I retire. One of my fellow teachers is a waitress at Silver Peak. She makes more there part time than she does teaching

When you move here be very carefully about gambling. The casinos win in the end. Many lives have been ruined by incautious gambling.

Congratulations on your retirement,

[greatbasinguide]

Hey, thanks, oddly we are reversing the move trend we will be returning to the Coast of CA. We will move back to the farm I grew up on. A great place to grow old, never gets cold. We will build a cabin on our land near Austin as a retreat, spring and fall, not winter or summer.

I will be passing Rye Patch this Saturday, on my way to the Owyhee desert, I shall honk as I pass.

[Tressa]

Well were not there in Rye Patch yet but constantly improving our property without us. Good luck with your futrue endeavors.

[mimi2007]

greatbasinguide, good luck on your retirement. What did you teach?

[sheriff]

Originally Posted by greatbasinguide

Hey, thanks, oddly we are reversing the move trend we will be returning to the Coast of CA. We will move back to the farm I grew up on. A great place to grow old, never gets cold. We will build a cabin on our land near Austin as a retreat, spring and fall, not winter or summer.

I will be passing Rye Patch this Saturday, on my way to the Owyhee desert, I shall honk as I pass.

Austin, Ca? Where is that?

[Tressa]

I believe he is speaking of Texas.

[greatbasinguide]

I may not have made myself clear, our new home will be in Arroyo Grande CA, Grandfather settled there in 1903, and the family has farmed ever since. Mom is getting along, she can use our help. And, it doesn't snow... imagine. (Snow is predicted for the mountains of north Central Nevada Sunday, we had snow here in Truckee Tuesday night. Our retreat cabin will be near Austin Nevada, home of the Toiyabe Cafe. We have land in Smoky Valley east of there, a lovely place. Peaks rise to over 11,000 feet on either side.

Hiking in Central Nevada is great May and June, the creeks are up, the trout are hungry, the grass is green.

I Retired from, Elementary Ed. Taught most intermediate grades and what is called Gifted and Talented in Reno. This is after a series of careers including Ski Patrol, Ski Instructor, Forest Service Fire Fighter, Logger, Realtor, Wilderness Guide, Ski Mountaineering Guide

NCLB drove my wife and I out of teaching. Now we will ride our horses, motorcycles, bicycles, and sail our boat out of Morro Bay.

and farm cabbages.