Jump Jivin' Reno

Jason and Gentry wake me up at 330p in afternoon (I had gone to sleep at 10a) on a brilliant Saturday and ask if I want to go to Reno, NV. I resist the urge to go back to bed and agree, one of the best decisions I've made. We drive to Santa Rosa to pick up David. High (or low, depending on how you look at it) points of the trip included:

• Great music (well, the three others were courteous enough to let me indulge myself with the CDs I brought), including, but not limited to, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, the Doors, Rainbow, Queensryche, Dire Straits, Primus, and the Butthole Surfers.
• Gentry screaming "yee haw!" as soon as we left Santa Rosa, excited at the prospect of going to Reno. The problem: we had a four-hour journey ahead of us!
• Haunting views of the Sierra mountains in the moonlight.
• Cool swing band in the El Dorado casino playing great tunes like Jump Jivin' and I Wanna Be Like You.
• David playing guitar in the Circus Circus parking lot with all of us adding lyrics spontaneously (and quite well, I must add) until security officers show up.
• David continuing to play guitar not realising the security officers were behind him.
• David continuing to sing to the security officers after seeing them.
• David throwing a beer bottle out on the road, not noticing there was someone getting in (or out) of his car and the bottle crashing right in front of him.
• David jumping up to hit a motel "no vacancy" neon sign and part of the sign falling down.
• David bolting like a rabbit when the sign crashed, even though it was 3a and there was no one in sight.
• Some random guy wanting to buy my Marvel Mania stone washed jacket with Spiderman on the back.
• Various random people who thought we were cool and wanted to hang out with us.
• Various random people (the larger proportion) who probably never wanted to us again, particularly girls!
• David being asked by the manager, in an El Dorado casino restaurant, to watch his language for saying the word "fuck" because it was a "family establishment".
• David's response asking how the manager could have the effrontery to ask such a question given that this was in a state with legalised gambling and prostitution.
• David giving Jason the Godfather "kiss of death" on the lips.
• Walking down the street singing Stayin' Alive in almost-perfect sync.
• Beautiful views of the mountains in the early morning hours with the sun shining brightly.
• Great conversation on the way back with David while Jason and Gentry remained in a fixed position for almost four hours!
• Topping off the trip with Bloody Marys and a vanilla milk shake at the local Lyon's in Santa Rosa.

Oh, there was some gambling in there; the nickel slot machines were fun. We realised Gentry's addition to gambling. I walked out having doubled my initial amount.