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A MINI adventure! Our first trip of the year with the group that we are, loosely, associated. I have mentioned previously that I like adventures that include food, right? Well this was a winner. A day trip to Winnemucca, NV with a visit to the Humboldt Museum and a full Basque lunch at the historic Martin Hotel.
An adventure always starts with getting up - blergh. I no likey getting up early, but twas necessary. I got up at 6:30, ate a half a bagel and drank some coffee, showered and were out the door at 7:45 to meet up five minutes away. The official start time was 8am. I think it was thereabouts. I tend to stay in the car and try to get a few extra zz's in while His Lordship schmoozes the other folks.
I think there were about 10 of us. It always looks like a MINI parade - heh. We drove to Fernley to pick up the Carson City people and then we were on our way down I-80 for the approximately 2 1/2 hour trip. With a bathroom stop. Have I mentioned that we are some of the younger members of this group? Yeah. Anyway.
We've stopped in Winnemucca often, just hitting a Mickey D's or having a potty break (when we had kids/dog with us) but we've never explored much. The 166 mile trip was uneventful.
We got to the Humboldt Museum a bit after 10 (have I mentioned how fast these people drive? Yeah.) They had their local schools art festival set up in the different spaces which was, disconcerting but interesting. Sort of like what you'd see at a State Fair butted right next to Mammoth bones. We really took our time looking at everything as our lunch wasn't until 1pm. It was a really nice little place, had some out buildings that were set up like 1800's. My one gripe was that the exhibits didn't have enough information about them; sometimes just a tag that said, "Conductor's Uniform". Ah well.
At about 12:30 everyone went back to their cars and we drove across town (a full 3 minutes) and got to the hotel. Evidently the hotel is not open for lunch on Saturday (dinner only) and they made an exception for our group. We all got the Full Basque Dinner for lunch for the bargain price of $28 per person, tax and tip included!
Everything is served family style and we sat at tables of 6. On the table was a carafe of Burgundy wine and, lucky me!, I was the only one drinking it! It took most of my considerable talents to NOT drink the entire thing. How obvious! Heh again. There were also pitchers of water and there was a soft drink dispenser in the back of the room.
The tables are set with 3 plates stacked and a bowl on top. The lunch started with a delicious soup, rather like minestrone and Basque bread. After you finish, the servers whisk away the plates and bring out the salad. Just a plain iceberg salad but dressed with a garlicky sauce and you are to put your Basque Beans on top of the salad (we had instructions). In addition to the salt and pepper there is a shaker of "prairie dust" which is just a mix of salt, pepper and garlic salt. You are instructed to sprinkle the prairie dust on the beans. Okay, when in Rome....
After that is finished and whisked away, come the sides. Which is weird but it's how they do it. There were the most delicious mashed potatoes, corn and a sort of chicken and bell pepper stew. You could have made a meal of the mashed taties and chicken stew. So very yum. After that came the entrees which for our party was tri tip in a brown gravy and bbq ribs. They were good, but I really liked the chicken stuff better.
Dessert was a bread pudding. I tasted cardamom, cinnamon, raisins and apples. It was eh. I'm not a big fan of bread pudding. All in all it was a nice meal with some nice folks at our table.
The drive home is on your own (no caravan) and I think it is much less stressful as you can go at your own pace and not worry about keeping up with the group. Honestly, if they all want to drive so darn fast they need to make a trip to a race track. Ammirite?
An adventure always starts with getting up - blergh. I no likey getting up early, but twas necessary. I got up at 6:30, ate a half a bagel and drank some coffee, showered and were out the door at 7:45 to meet up five minutes away. The official start time was 8am. I think it was thereabouts. I tend to stay in the car and try to get a few extra zz's in while His Lordship schmoozes the other folks.
I think there were about 10 of us. It always looks like a MINI parade - heh. We drove to Fernley to pick up the Carson City people and then we were on our way down I-80 for the approximately 2 1/2 hour trip. With a bathroom stop. Have I mentioned that we are some of the younger members of this group? Yeah. Anyway.
We've stopped in Winnemucca often, just hitting a Mickey D's or having a potty break (when we had kids/dog with us) but we've never explored much. The 166 mile trip was uneventful.
We got to the Humboldt Museum a bit after 10 (have I mentioned how fast these people drive? Yeah.) They had their local schools art festival set up in the different spaces which was, disconcerting but interesting. Sort of like what you'd see at a State Fair butted right next to Mammoth bones. We really took our time looking at everything as our lunch wasn't until 1pm. It was a really nice little place, had some out buildings that were set up like 1800's. My one gripe was that the exhibits didn't have enough information about them; sometimes just a tag that said, "Conductor's Uniform". Ah well.
At about 12:30 everyone went back to their cars and we drove across town (a full 3 minutes) and got to the hotel. Evidently the hotel is not open for lunch on Saturday (dinner only) and they made an exception for our group. We all got the Full Basque Dinner for lunch for the bargain price of $28 per person, tax and tip included!
Everything is served family style and we sat at tables of 6. On the table was a carafe of Burgundy wine and, lucky me!, I was the only one drinking it! It took most of my considerable talents to NOT drink the entire thing. How obvious! Heh again. There were also pitchers of water and there was a soft drink dispenser in the back of the room.
The tables are set with 3 plates stacked and a bowl on top. The lunch started with a delicious soup, rather like minestrone and Basque bread. After you finish, the servers whisk away the plates and bring out the salad. Just a plain iceberg salad but dressed with a garlicky sauce and you are to put your Basque Beans on top of the salad (we had instructions). In addition to the salt and pepper there is a shaker of "prairie dust" which is just a mix of salt, pepper and garlic salt. You are instructed to sprinkle the prairie dust on the beans. Okay, when in Rome....
After that is finished and whisked away, come the sides. Which is weird but it's how they do it. There were the most delicious mashed potatoes, corn and a sort of chicken and bell pepper stew. You could have made a meal of the mashed taties and chicken stew. So very yum. After that came the entrees which for our party was tri tip in a brown gravy and bbq ribs. They were good, but I really liked the chicken stuff better.
Dessert was a bread pudding. I tasted cardamom, cinnamon, raisins and apples. It was eh. I'm not a big fan of bread pudding. All in all it was a nice meal with some nice folks at our table.
The drive home is on your own (no caravan) and I think it is much less stressful as you can go at your own pace and not worry about keeping up with the group. Honestly, if they all want to drive so darn fast they need to make a trip to a race track. Ammirite?
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It's on my bucket list to get to your neck of the woods someday and check out all the history!