Another World

I'm in Reno, Nevada, for a few days for a conference. (And no, I'm not the gambling type so the casinos don't really appeal to me. They are noisy and smoking. Ugh.) The view flying in revealed a landscape so different from what I'm used to in Minnesota. Now granted, everything was snow-covered as I left yesterday - just a light coating. But here, the land is stark. Very little green and very few trees. But there are the mountains - lots of mountains. So different - so bare and brown - but still fascinating.