The National Automobile Museum in Reno is among the best in the world. It was established by Bill Harrah, one of the pioneers of Nevada gaming. His collection is extensive and the quality of the restorations is remarkable.
When I first met Nancy, she owned a red Volkswagen bug convertible, exactly like this one that we saw at the museum.
My birthday was on Thursday. We had brought from Ben Lomond a fine and expensive bottle of wine - a Merryvale Cabernet from 1997 (Napa's greatest year ever) - in anticipation of using it to celebrate the occasion at an upscale restaurant. There was some concern that it might have deteriorated by being tossed around in the motorhome the past two months, but we were determined to enjoy it no matter what.
The next step was to choose a restaurant worthy of myself. We drove around, auditioning several of the better casinos, and settled on the elegant Atlantis Steakhouse at the Atlantis Casino Resort. The wine had not gone south but didn't blow us away, either. We had a nice meal; the Oysters Rockefeller were excellent, and the steaks were good but to be honest not the match of the ribeye steak we had cooked for ourselves in Basalt. But the ambiance was nice, the servers were great, there was meat left over for the next evening, and we enjoyed the evening immensely.
After dinner the Atlantis blackjack tables were calling to me, and I decided to risk $21 at a $3 minimum table. After 45 minutes I was about $25 dollars ahead. Nancy was concerned that our doggy bags might be going bad, so I cashed in, and we left.
Doing the math, I realized that I could make a good living by moving to Reno and playing blackjack five or six days a week. If I bet $10 instead of $3 dollars a hand and played eight hours a day instead of 45 minutes and had the same success, that would be an extra $23,000 a month. I'll have to recheck my logic before trying to talk Nancy into making the move, however.
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