Reno : a book of short stories and information . now in the same state; andyet, here I was only a few hours away. . One sojourning in Reno should not missa trip through California while in the neigh-borhood of that glorious state. San Franciscois only a days journey by rail, and the tripis truly worth while. Reno is not without its out-door wintersports; it has the advantage of being onlythirty-six miles from Truckee, flowers are blooming and birds singingtheir spring songs in Southern California,the Snow Queen reigns at Truckee in themountains, six thousand feet above the sea
Reno : a book of short stories and information . now in the same state; andyet, here I was only a few hours away. . One sojourning in Reno should not missa trip through California while in the neigh-borhood of that glorious state. San Franciscois only a days journey by rail, and the tripis truly worth while. Reno is not without its out-door wintersports; it has the advantage of being onlythirty-six miles from Truckee, flowers are blooming and birds singingtheir spring songs in Southern California,the Snow Queen reigns at Truckee in themountains, six thousand feet above the people from San Francisco and otherlarge cities gather to indulge in winter sports,such as skiing, tobogganing and sleighing,and many professionals go th lisplay their art in skiing and skating, Switzer- land of the West, I would call it. It wasall too fascinating and too beautiful: sixfeet of snow everywhere, and everythingsparkling white in the sunshine. Once I started out to see Donner Lake,which reposes between Summit, the highest. RENO 41 point on this trip across the Great Divide,and Truckee. We were in a sleigh drawn bya team of huskies: real Alaskan dogs. Ihave ridden pretty much everything from abroomstick to a bronco, but this was myfirst experience with huskies. I thought itwas going to be hard work for the dogs, butthey frolicked about in the snow with theirpink tongues out, showing all their teeth asthough they were laughing in fiendish gleeand enjoying every moment of it. Truckee is only about thirty-three milesfrom Reno by automobile, and the distanceby train is thirty-six miles, so there shouldbe no excuse for not visiting this AmericanSwitzerland. Another point of information which I dis-covered and think will interest you quite asmuch as it did me, was that most all the greatmoving picture companies go to Truckee totake their Alaskan scenes. And now when-ever you see a beautiful arctic picture onthe screen, you will realize that you are notlooking at the
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