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An old fence and gate in the Virginia City cemetery. This page contains our personal notes on our visits to Virginia City, Nevada.
 Personal Notes
I had visited Virginia City several times in the early to mid '80s, Anne and I had visited once in the early '90s, and we spent part of a day there in September of 2002. So we had pretty much done most of the touristy stuff.
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 Saturday, August 2, 2003

We had reservations at the Comstock Inn. It doesn't look like much from the outside, just sort of plain, but the rooms are very nice. The owners have each room fixed up with wonderful old furniture, and the rooms are kept up nicely. There was a four post bed, a small television, a full bathroom, a couple of old straight back chairs, a rocking chair (that I didn't dare sit in), some tables, and old desk, and a dresser. The floor was carpeted, although a bit creaky. Gave it all an air of authenticity.

We drove out to the cemetery to poke around among the old grave sites. It rained while we were out there, but not so hard that we had to turn back. We had taken our rain jackets just in case. And the cloud cover kept it cool enough that we could take our time and explore. We tried to imagine who these people were, and how they lived.

After that we drove into town and visited the large Catholic Church (St. Paul's, I believe), then drove back to our room, changed into jeans because it was starting to get cool, and then we walked back into town. We visited the boardwalk part of town, with all of

We walked down the length of the boardwalk part of town, past the old saloons and gift shops and museums and candy shops, etc., then turned around and walked back. We ended up eating in the Fireman's Restaurant near the southern end of town. It seems that the only things they serve in town are burgers and fried foods. There is supposed to be a good Chinese Restaurant in town, but we couldn't find it.

After dinner we walked back into town and gambled away a few dollars in the Delta Club, then we walked back to our room, which is really at the top of the canyon above Gold Hill.

Virginia City was very quiet, at night, and cool. We had a very pleasant nights rest.

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