Nevada is Gambling Country and you'll know it.
Way before you're about to enter the state you see huge billboards boasting about quick wins (yes, YOU are the winner, not the Casino!).
We were warned not to go to Reno - I initially wanted to go there because of the Johnny Cash song - so we took the Carson City route instead after driving along the East side of San Francisco Bay.
This isn't a very interesting road and neither is the high plain you cross before entering Nevada.
Btw, bang in the middle of this rather boring plain is Sacramento, sort of famous name, right? In reality a sprawling city - and to be honest - not very inviting.
We drove on into Nevada.
Nevada houses 372 casinos and believe me, they're not (at) all like the Bellagio or the MGM Grand.
To be honest, every one of the casinos we saw - and we saw a LOT the first miles into Nevada - looked cheap, rather seedy and run down.
It looked nowhere near the commercials you see on television here, where beautiful, brightly smiling people in designer clothes get out of very expensive cars, walk the red carpet and sip cocktails happily while clearly winning big time.
The casinos are in the centre of the city. Then come the outskirts, where the only shops are pawn shops. And loan sharks. So first you can pawn your possessions and when you haven't got any left you can get loans.
This whole casino business felt cheap and sad.
Btw, we've had the Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac crisis, right?
'Your house is worth less than you paid for?'
'You want to have a million dollars?'
Get a loan with us. Quick, Easy and Free!
We were glad that after some 15 miles this casino business petered out and we were alone, out in the wide open country, driving along the US 50 - read about the Loneliest Road of America in my next blog!
Way before you're about to enter the state you see huge billboards boasting about quick wins (yes, YOU are the winner, not the Casino!).
We were warned not to go to Reno - I initially wanted to go there because of the Johnny Cash song - so we took the Carson City route instead after driving along the East side of San Francisco Bay.
This isn't a very interesting road and neither is the high plain you cross before entering Nevada.
Btw, bang in the middle of this rather boring plain is Sacramento, sort of famous name, right? In reality a sprawling city - and to be honest - not very inviting.
We drove on into Nevada.
Nevada houses 372 casinos and believe me, they're not (at) all like the Bellagio or the MGM Grand.
To be honest, every one of the casinos we saw - and we saw a LOT the first miles into Nevada - looked cheap, rather seedy and run down.
It looked nowhere near the commercials you see on television here, where beautiful, brightly smiling people in designer clothes get out of very expensive cars, walk the red carpet and sip cocktails happily while clearly winning big time.
The casinos are in the centre of the city. Then come the outskirts, where the only shops are pawn shops. And loan sharks. So first you can pawn your possessions and when you haven't got any left you can get loans.
This whole casino business felt cheap and sad.
Btw, we've had the Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac crisis, right?
'Your house is worth less than you paid for?'
'You want to have a million dollars?'
Get a loan with us. Quick, Easy and Free!
We were glad that after some 15 miles this casino business petered out and we were alone, out in the wide open country, driving along the US 50 - read about the Loneliest Road of America in my next blog!
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