I went to HAN for years. My Grandparents lived in the Carson City area so it was a good place to visit and do this show. YEARS ago it was like "THE SHOW" - and there were 5000 cars in the "show" and another 5000 just running around filling every hotel parking lot. To get in the show you had to provide photos of your car and had to be "accepted". Then... for whatever reason - the car quality declined and the amount of cars declined and the big hotels/casinos began ripping people off with super jacked up prices for the rooms etc. It then became pretty expensive to go to... Then The Atlantis started holding the first couple of rows of parking for their "high rollers"... but the spots sat empty. Frankly - RENO is kind of a dump. Vegas really sapped Reno of the glitz and glamor. Downtown was/is pretty "seedy". I think this is where I met Charlie back in The Mule days.
I think/hope things are turning UP -- and hopefully the car quality and count is getting better. Maybe I just got bored doing the same thing over and over.... and paying a high price for it.
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