Sierra Nevada Minis — Pyramid Lake Tribal Museum trip — Saturday, September 6, 2025: Meet at the Alamo Truck Stop (1950 E. Greg St., Sparks) at 9:15 AM (depart 9:30 AM) for a scenic drive via I‑80 to Wadsworth and NV‑447 to Nixon (about 45 minutes). We’ll visit the Pyramid Lake Tribal Museum (plan ~1 hour), then head to Sutcliffe for lunch at Pyramid Lake Lodge, with a few planned photo‑ops along the way to enjoy the beautiful scenery. Return to Reno/Sparks via NV‑445 (Pyramid Highway). This is a chance to learn about the heritage and culture of our local Indigenous community — please let us know if you’d like to join!

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We will hop on the V&T Railroad at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City for a ride to Virginia City. After lunch and exploring Virginia City we will take the train back to our Minis.

When we reach Chester, CA we will be meeting up with Chico Minis for lunch and a drive around Lake Almanor.

We will motor to Fallon on Highway 50 and visit the Fallon Churchill Museum. We then will head over to the Hidden Caves for a guided tour. Lunch will be in Fallon after visiting the caves

Each year the Sierra Valley Grange holds a cowboy poetry fundraiser.  It is fun, and the food is good, and yes there is beer and wine.   The show seating is reserved, when you send in your ticket order you will be assigned your seats.    The current plan is to meet at Raley's North Hills at 4:15 and leave at 4:30 taking 395 north to Red Rock, then Red Rock north to 395, south on 395 to CA 70, and west to Vinton,  arriving at the Grange Hall at 5:30.

Attention Sierra Nevada Minis Members!

Mark your calendars for our 2025 Planning Luncheon at Chihuahua’s Mexican Restaurant on Saturday, February 8th, at 11:30 AM. We’ll gather in their meeting room, enjoy a delicious meal from their menu.

Location:
Chihuahua’s Mexican Restaurant
7111 S. Virginia St., Reno

During our luncheon, we will review and vote on the proposed events for 2025, and we invite you to take a look at the attached 2025 Events Ballot. There’s still space for more ideas, so don’t hesitate to share any suggestions you have, especially for social and driving events!

Please RSVP to confirm your attendance so we can inform the restaurant of our numbers. If you have any questions or additional ideas, we’d love to hear from you!

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

January 25th Run Announcement

Hey everyone,

Our route for the January 25th run will take us north for lunch in Susanville at Side Iron BBQ, located in the same building as the coffee shop we visited on our trip to Redding for the Shasta Caverns.

Details:

• Meet-Up:
  Time: 9:15 AM
  Location: Railey's North Hills, 1075 North Hills Blvd, Reno

• Departure:
  Time: 9:30 AM
  Route: Head north on 395

We will have three detours along the way:

1. A detour off 395 to drive on Red Rock Blvd, returning back to 395.

2. A quick side trip through the town of Doyle.

3. A detour to explore Herlong.

Lunch:
We'll be dining at Side Iron BBQ, where you'll order at the counter, and they'll bring the food to our tables.

After lunch, we can head home, or if anyone has additional ideas, feel free to share!

Looking forward to a great run!

MINI of Reno is hosting a MINI Trunk or Treat event on Sunday, October 27th from 12-3pm and we would like to invite our favorite MINIacs to join us in supporting the community. MINI of Reno will have new MINIs decorated for Halloween and we are inviting some of the amazing non-profit organizations we work with to "adopt a MINI" and hand out candy while sharing information about the great work they do in Reno.

Mid Summer BBQ

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