It’s Tuesday morning and soon we head out from Reno to Las Vegas. So this will be quick.
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Monday was a beautiful day weather wise. The ride from Klamath Falls to Reno (5½ hours) was pleasant, all on rural roads. We stopped at Lava Beds National Monument for two hours. We viewed the lava beds and went into two caves. The first (Moshpot Cave) was at the visitor center and was lighted and pathed. There are 15-20 other caves, none of which are lighted. We borrowed two flashlights from the Visitor Center to visit another cave. Some caves are very low and require helmets; others require duck walking and crawling. We chose Skull Cave with high ceilings. We were the only ones in the Skull Cave. It is one of the deepest caves and we climbed down a lot of steel steps to get to the bottom where there is ice. Long climb back out.
At the Bottom with Flashlights Off 
We stopped for lunch in a small town. No chains or much of anything else on this route. We ate at the Only Frosty in Town where we had absolutely delicious food – bacon cheeseburger with tater tots for me, hot dog for Elaine. Yum!
Then it was on to Reno. Busy town with lots of construction. The Courtyard Marriott is right across from the new minor league ballpark. We walked the casino area. The casinos were empty and the area was totally quiet. Disappointing place. There was one casino where the whole front facade up to the top is a climbing wall. (We didn’t climb!) Dinner was at the Mellow Fellow Brew Pub right next to the hotel.
As Bill B. (Patriots) would say, on to Las Vegas!
Those lava caves were incredible, not sure Kris and I could do, claustrophobic that we are. Lovely, and amazing no people there or yesterday at Klamath and Crater, great time of year and weather was good for picture taking.
Reno is just so sad, never ever recovered from recession in 2007. Vegas has, even Laughlin, but Reno is just a forgotten city.
I agree with Barb. Jeff and I are too claustrophobic to do those caves. Yikes.