Mary's 30th Birthday in Reno!

Mike planned a great birthday for me this year! It was the big 30. Scary. I still think I am in my twenties but I am sure that will be short lived. We went to Circus Circus in Reno. The drive over was smooth sailing. No problems. We enjoyed being with each other. We ate at the buffet and other restaurants at the hotel. We plaid in the arcade. We had some long games of air hockey...one of which I think Mike let me win! Happy Birthday right?! Mike even won me four stuffed animals. I think our little animal zoo is almost complete. We went to the Reno temple Saturday night and did a session. It is a beautiful temple but of the small ones I think it is the smallest. We listened to bands play music. We got to see the Chinese Acrobats.

Now the fun begins. We decide to leave the night before, save money and get home early for Mike to get ready for school on Monday. Okay so Sunday night can be a little busy on the 80; everyone trying to get home. It was only raining at first and it said snow chain warning. I was thinking this is sooooooooooooooo stupid because I have driven in worse in Idaho and Utah. It is rain. Then as we made our treck to the top of donners pass is was snowing a little. But nothing like the mess we got our self in December. Lets just say it would take an hour to drive 1 mile. We left Reno at 5pm and got home at midnight. Besides snow chains there were other crazy adventures. Kind of hard to find places to potty when you are stuck in traffic on donners. We finally found a gas station where we could take off the chains, gas up, go potty and get some food. Walked in the gas station and there was the county sheriff just hanging out there like in the movies. There was a sign on the door that said toilet out of order. But there were port a potties. Mike checked it out and it was overflowing and no tp. I walked in the station and asked for some and they said we didn't have any. I was mad! I said this is ridiculous. I am sure I would have walked out with napkins if the sheriff wasn't there. That is the least they can do...I mean I bought gas there.

Then ten minutes later I felt like I had to go again. So we found a burgerking/shell station at the bottom of donners. Needless to say I think the State Health Dept. should shut the place down. I had to wait in line for almost twenty minutes. I practically went in my pants. Then Mike waited in burger king line for almost a half hour. It was slow and scary. I told Mike we better pray hard we don't get Hepatitis A. After all that time they screwed up mike's food so I shared with him. Monday we felt sick to our stomachs and I am sure it was burger king.

What adventures!