The Nugget Casino

Saturday 7 November

Had a "day off" today, so I'm still docked at the Nugget Casino in Carson City. The sky was bright blue all day, although with a chill wind when the sun went behind the trees and I was woken this morning to the sound of a carillon ringing out a lovely tune, one I recognise but cannot remember the name. It is in a building next to the casino and chimes every quarter, with hourly renditions on two or three different tunes. Really quite beautiful to hear such clean, clear tones from the bells. Must go and look tomorrow.

I decided to investigate the generator problem once breakfast was over and after a couple of hours using my meagre tool supply to strip it down, finding nothing untoward and reassembling it I switched on, primed the carb, pulled the start cord and away she went!!   Now all I have to resolve is why I have no high level running lights. Oh and to replace the headlamp I found was not working!

A couple of the "residents" here came over and I ended up spending most of the afternoon chin wagging with Skylar and Bruce over decaf cappuchinos.  Apparently there are half a dozen units here almost permanently.  You sure do meet some interesting and diverse folks! Alex and his wife have been full time RVing for 4 years and lived here for the last 4 months whilst she is having treatment at the local hospital. Skylar has spent most of his life working in different states at whatever job he could get, but times are hard here and the first jobs to go are the low paid, low skill ones, too many people after too few vacancies. Bruce started smoking "weed" at age 10, then progressed onto crack cocaine by his early teens. In his late twenties he was told he needed an operation on his back or end up in a wheelchair. He was so scared that the hospital would find drugs in his sytem and refuse to do the operation that he quit and hasn't relapsed since. He considers himself a lucky man having since met his wife and had two daughters, whereas he could easily have ended his life years ago.

Life is full of characters, people who have lived "colourful" lives and those whose world is far removed from the one I came from. I am so glad and honoured to meet such people and share with them their experiences and outlooks. It enriches my life and I hope theirs too.

Be safe and enjoy life as you may.

PS Having stopped the generator after a short battery charge, it then commenced to drip gas onto the parking lot so I guess it'll have to be stripped again in the future!