I took my bicycle with me and rode it on the path that is shown
on this map. [Map courtesy of
Google maps].
I started near Fourth and Virginia Street (where you see
the green dot) and headed north toward
the campus of the University of Nevada at Reno.
I got some nice pictures of the lake, but decided not to get close enough to the swans to get any pictures.
This wire sculpture graced the outside of one of the buildings.
At the corner of McCarran and Virginia, you can see that the University has made its mark. The second picture shows some of the countryside that is also nearby.
Here are other pictures of the countryside along the route. I just had to stop and take pictures of the wagon in front of someone’s house.
I got these pictures at the Sparks Marina (at the upper right side of the map). I am especially happy with the close-up of the white plant; I have finally figured out how to use depth of field to get that artsy-fartsy blurry background. I thought the picture of the purple plant came out better with the background in focus as well.
Before I completed my bike ride, I headed back to the river to take in the sights. I passed an abandoned building with this mural on the side, commemorating Alice Ramsey, the first woman to drive across the United States in 1909. Here is an article about the painting.
I saw this interesting art on the front of the building. The face at the lower left of the second picture is from a poster that was partially torn off.
Nearby the abandoned building is the Nevada Museum of Art. I think their logo is just fantastic! The letters in the fifth picture read “INHALE/EXHALE”; I couldn’t get a good camera angle to show them. I also included a picture of the museum building. It didn’t impress me, but maybe you will appreciate it more than I did.
Here is one more painted piano, followed by pictures of electrical boxes throughout the downtown area that have been painted to look, well, less like electrical boxes.
This yellow car was parked near Harrah’s, and it drew quite a crowd. The last picture shows the trunk of the car. That’s an LCD panel playing a video; it’s not a still picture.
Finally, there’s the National Bowling Stadium. I couldn’t leave Reno without getting pictures of this place. The first picture shows an artwork titled “America Goes Bowling.” I think it’s so bad that it’s good. On the second floor are the actual bowling lanes; you can see that this is quite a huge place. The “pin car” was worth a picture. I also took a picture of the carpeting pattern on the staircase. It could be worse; the lines could be parallel to the long axis of the steps.
