MrGrumpy's leaves the state.

MrGrumpy's Blog now has 50 posts, the first half century!

On the radio he had heard there was a eclipse going to be visible from the west coast on the 20th about 6pm. MrGrumpy expected it would be nowhere near where he was. Turns out that Reno is directly in line, little MissNaughty suggested he went and stay in Reno the night. After a bit of thought MrGrumpy decided to go.
He booked a night in CircusCircus and left San Jose at 10am. By 3:30pm he had arrived in Reno and booked into the hotel.
Reno is quite compact compared to LasVegas so he was able to take a stroll around downtown in a couple of hours.

MrGrumpy had already decided he wanted a steak, he found the elderado had steak and crab for $18, it was not going to be the best in the world, but it was good enough. He had forgot how fiddly getting the nice bits out of the claws is.

After eating he took a walk around the casino's, in the Silver Legacy he saw a $35 poker tournament, it was about to start in ten mins, so he decided to play.
It was a video based poker room, everything you expect except from a dealer and chips.
Still it was poker... He started off slowly, then got hooked by a pocket pair of jacks, with a third on the flop... He bet quite heavy, but was beaten with a straight on the flop...
He was down from 2500 chips to 450.. Caution was now the order of the day, a 100 big blind and a pocket pair of nines provided a short fight back. Especially when another two nines dropped on the flop. Four Nines, all in...
But he was still small stack and the blinds soon killed him off.

He walked around the casinos and found a Microbrewery, A couple of beers later and MrGrumpy was transforming into MrSleepy...