When people think of Nevada, they often think of Las Vegas, and Vegas was my first exposure to the Silver State. A conference I was speaking at had been scheduled for San Francisco, then the hotel workers at the Hilton went on strike, and the conference was moved at the last minute to the old Las Vegas Hilton (now long gone.)
I rather enjoyed it. Many of the conference attendees were horrified at being in sin city. I stayed over a couple of days after the conference, and flew on from there to participate in a symposium on post practice careers for lawyers at Stanford Law School.
The other couple of times I have been to Nevada, I flew into Reno. One trip I spoke at a conference in Reno, the other was a board meeting at Lake Tahoe. Twice I have driven from Reno to Lake Tahoe. The second time we arrived at Lake Tahoe the day after the first snowfall of the season. A magical place.
I always enjoyed Vegas, but I didn’t much like living there. No suprise that many people were obsessed with money and flash. I’ve never been to Tahoe and have heard it’s beautiful.
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