Mule Maintenance and Nail job


Wednesday, June 21 we went to Carson City to take care of some maintenance.  When you travel to the west you have to stop and take care of the mules and the wagon every now and then.  Our mule needed an oil change and a system check up to make sure everything was still in good working order.  Although there is a place in Reno that I could have gotten this done we chose to go to Carson City because the people at the Ford dealership were friendly and nice and did not put me on hold and then send me to a voice message system and tell me to leave my name and number and they would get back to me!

Also my pioneer woman needed some new nails and a toe job and a change of color.  So we looked up a place to get that done while I was taking care of the mule.  Remember those creamsicles that we use to get as kids?  they were orange in color.  Well that is what the new color of the toes look like.  A little bright for my taste but a happy wife is a happy life!

After all the maintenance stuff was taken care of, we left Carson City, which is the Capital of Nevada by the way, and went to Virginia City.  Virginia City is the town where Bonanza was based in case you did not know.  It was established when gold and later some silver was discovered there.  There are still a lot of old mines around the town and the surrounding areas.  It is now a tourist town with wooden sidewalks and old buildings that have been restored and none torn down. It is just like any other tourist town with all the T-shirt shops, jewelry stores and some arts and craft stores.  There is an abundance of Salons that do serve meals if you are hungry.  We spent the rest of the day here and it was nice to visit, but there is nothing there that will bring us back to the area.


The first Catholic church in the area established 1850

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Main Street but it is called "C" street and  has been called this for some reason


Pioneer Woman








Throw back to the 1850, the donkey was friendly



Ok so there is a table in here where the owners of the saloon would play Faro and three of the owners lost all their holdings to the customers and then committed suicide at the table.




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