When I picked up the hire car the guy at Hertz said why on earth am I going to Reno, and my reply was because i’ve heard its crap. He said yep it sure is.  He wasn’t wrong this place would have to be the tackiest and crapiest place I have ever seen.  The dirt is even so crap weeds wont grow.  The city is fairly run down with plenty of very scary motels and quiet a few trailer parks on the boundaries. The casino strip is Las Vegas 1969 everything is old and totaly over the top. Theres awful carpet, country music playing everywhere, old poker machines still with arms and buffets galore. (although they were closed by the time we left the brewery pub..bugger always tommorow).  Like Vegas they have themes, but bits of everything, theres one with a giant mine shaft in the centre then a lovely italian like fountain with chipped cement horses and green water.  The casios are very quiet,  a few are closed for renovation, but think they have gone bust. Even the larger ones had very few people in them.. But Saturday night might be a different story. Shame we are not here next weekend, Kenny Rogers is here with his brand new face, gee he looks weird.   We are staying at the Hyatt a brand new little hotel near the airport no pokies, so we caught a taxi in..the taxi driver couldnt wait to tell us about all the great brothels in the area. The guy we got coming home would have been 90 im surprized he lasted the distance.