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1. Friday, Sept. 27 1. We started our trip today in Reno, where gambling is legal. 2. Reno is the fourth largest city in Nevada. 3. Reno is located on the Truckee River. 4.The Truckee River flows from Lake Tahoe to Pyramid Lake. (The mistake is in...)
2. 1. There are several large casino-hotels in Reno. 2. Reno has long been known as a place to get easy divorces, but the divorce trade there has declined in recent decades. 3. Reno calls itself "The Best Little City in the World." 4. Reno is also the location of one of the largest collections of antique and classic cars in the United States, the National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection).(The mistake is in ...)
3. 1. Our next stop was Virginia City, which is located on a mountainside not far from Reno. 2. Virginia City started as a boom town but did not become a ghost town. 3. The boom was caused by the discovery of a major deposit of silver and gold called the Comstock Lode. 4. The Comstock Lode was discovered in 1759. (The mistake is in . . .)
4. 1. Virginia City figured prominently in the old TV show "The Virginian." 2. Virginia City was the nearest major town to the ranch where the main characters lived. 3. The city sometimes was the scene of the show's action. 4. Today many buildings from the wild and woolly 19th century still stand in Virginia City. (The mistake is in . . .)
5. 1. We also drove through Carson City, the capital of Nevada. 2. Carson City is either directly or indirectly named after explorer and frontiersman Kit Carson. 3. Plans were made to build a US mint in Carson City because it would be near the supply of gold and silver at Virginia City. 4. However, there were insufficient funds and the mint was never built. (The mistake is in . . .)
6. Then we arrived at our destination for the day, Lake Tahoe. 1. Lake Tahoe is on the border between Nevada and California. 2. Lake Tahoe is the world's second-biggest alpine lake. 3. The biggest alpine lake is the Great Salt Lake in Utah. 4. No matter how cold the weather gets, Lake Tahoe never freezes. (The mistake is in . . .)
7. 1. The motel/hotel/casino area at the south end of Lake Tahoe looks like one town, but technically it's two. 2. One town is Stateline, Nevada, where casino gambling is legal. 3. Three of the casinos are Caesar's, Harrah's, and Bill's. 4. The town of Incline Village is the rest of the tourist area, on the California side of the state line. (The mistake is in . . . )
8. Sunday, Sept. 29. Today we drove to Yosemite National Park. 1. Yosemite is in California. 2. There's been a major problem at Yosemite with bears breaking into cars, tents, and campers to get at food, but it has improved a lot in the early years of the 21st century because of a visitor education and enforcement program. 3. Three of the famous mountains in Yosemite are Half Dome, El Capitan, and Pike's Peak. 4. Some of the park's famous waterfalls dry up at certain times of the year. (The mistake is in . . .)
9. Tuesday, October First. Today we drove to Salinas. 1. Salinas is in the fertile Salinas Valley, known as "the Salad Bowl of the Nation." 2. Salinas is near the Gabilan Mountains and northeast of the Monterey Peninsula. 3. A beautiful new museum has been built on Main Street in Salinas to honor a famous Nobel-Prize-winning writer who was born in that town. 4. He was none other than Ernest Hemingway. (The mistake is in . . .)
10. Later in the day, we continued on to the Monterey Peninsula. 1. The Monterey Peninsula is between Santa Barbara and San Francisco. 2. The peninsula is the home of the famed seventeen-mile scenic drive. 3. Part of the drive is in Pacific Grove, and part is in Santa Cruz. 4. Pebble Beach, one of the world's top golf meccas, is a stop on the drive. (The mistake is in . . .)
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