Tracy,

Ely looks like a big city compared to some of the NV places with slots we've been to. You should check out Bruno's in Gerlach sometime, just before the Black Rock Desert (a dry, prehistoric lake bed where we go to watch amateur high power rocket launches http://www.aeropac.org/gettingtobr.shtml; it's also home to Burning Man). Nothing but dust. It's just a couple of miles up the road from Empire, which proudly proclaims itself as the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. http://www.panmagic.com/panb02empire22.html. Bruno, an 83 year old retired immigrant, makes a mean ravioli from scratch everyday. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2005/08/28/BAGGIEEJU11.DTL&o=2

--Norm