on 10/17/01 8:50 AM, Glenn Ridlen at gridlen@yahoo.com wrote:
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>> At a planning meeting for a high school reunion last
>> Saturday, one of the
>> old classmates asked if I ever stayed at the
>> Bonneville Motel in Wendover.
>> I laughed and asked if they ever got rid of the
>> druggie who was running it
>> into the ground. She said "You know!" Turns out
>> her husband is either the
>> new owner or owner by default. They are in the
>> middle of a major revamping
>> of the place. She wanted to know how to get more
>> racers to stay there and I
>> told her to just be fair with them and keep the
>> place clean.
>>
>> We'll see what happens but it is a thought for the
>> future. On the Utah side
>> of the line. More difficult to prowl cars/trailers
>> without being seen.
>>
>> Beautiful sunset here last night, lots of high thin
>> wispy clouds and a major
>> sundog about 10 degrees off the sun. That's farther
>> away than the usual
>> distance for one of those. Usually get some kind of
>> weather after we see
>> one of those.
>>
>> Wes
>>
>> We stayed there a couple of nights during Speed Week
> until we could get a real room. The new owner and his
> wife said he had loaned money to the druggies father
> who ran into a mountin with his airplane. They said
> the druggie had stripped the place of TVs, etc. They
> were hauling in TVs and new matteresses by the pick up
> load when we were there. When we saw the pile if old
> ones, we convinced ourselves that we were sleeping on
> new ones but didn't have the nerve to look. LOL If
> they continue to upgrade it might be OK next year. It
> has some space in the back to park a trailer but it is
> hidden from the street so might be attractive for
> theives.
>>
Think about Wendover ... gamblers down on their luck, a possibly suspect
non-local population and people who are living in horrible conditions. It's
safer to leave things in your pit on the salt. There's a guard there.
Wes
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