Day 9 - Virginia City Take Two


This morning we woke up to wind and winter weather advisories for here and our next stop, South Lake Tahoe, California.  It was raining, sleeting, snowing and, of course, windy.  Rick was looking at the weather for our route and there are avalanche warnings!  Yikes... So, we had to decide to either stay or go. We opted to stay instead of driving in the snow and ice and hope that it clears by tomorrow for our departure.  Thankfully, we only have about an hour or so ride.

We prepared omelets and toast for breakfast and I put Chicken Cordon Bleu in the crockpot as we walked into town.  And by then, we were blessed with SUNSHINE!  YAY!!





A lot of history and a really cute "western-esque" town.  Haunted Tours, Gold Mine Tours and even a shop that custom makes hats in 1.5 hours while you shop! 



St. Mary's in the Mountain is a Catholic church built in 1868!  I did go in and say some prayers and light some candles.  



We stoped at the Palace Restaurant & Saloon for lunch - sorry forgot to take pics.  Rick had the fish and chips and I had a veggie burger and onion rings.  It was all delicious.  




Came back and worked on my crochet project!






And it was dinner time.  Another success!  Creamy Chicken Cordon Bleu with Rye Croutons.  (It doesn't look great but it tasted good!  WIFI and Cell service were spotty at best so this is posting late.  


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