Reno

I’m not a big Reno fan, but we had already driven over 7 hours and it had the most options. Ignoring our son’s advice that the River District was a bit sketchy, we booked a room at the Plaza Resort Club Hotel, right near the river.

We also picked it for two other reasons: it did not have a casino, and it had a free self-parking, parking garage.

That parking garage turned out to be a bit of a problem because we barely got in because our roof rack was just about scraping the top of the garage.

However, the room was very nice and had a great view of the city, but our son was right, the neighborhood was a bit sketchy with homeless people, and one in particular having quite an argument with himself.

We needed to eat something, so we walked to the Pizza Collective, not too far from our hotel. Instead of eating it there, we got it to go, because our room had a really large table, right near the window overlooking the city.

The pizza was good, the bed was comfortable, and the price was right. That’s all we needed.