GUEST AUTHORS OF HARVEST STORIES AND THEIR ADVENTURES
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I STARTED ASKING GUEST AUTHORS TO SUBMIT HIS/HER’S HARVEST STORIES. (WHEN I WAS STILL DOING THE POD – PAGE OF THE DAY)
THESE STORIES ARE ALWAYS INFORMATIVE AND USUALLY HAVE A BIT OF TONGUE AND CHEEK HUMOR.
IT IS ALWAYS FUN TO SHARE WITH OTHERS, DIFFERENT WAYS OF HARVESTING, THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT WE HAVE FACED OUT THERE WHILE WE WERE HARVESTING.
REGGIE
A HARVEST STORY BY A GUEST AUTHOR
PIONEER CROSSING – YERINGTON, NV
BY – JAMES ERIC FREEDNER
I have a funny harvesting story from the Pioneer Crossing in out there. You might as well have it, with some Western jargon thrown in here and there, pardner.
When I went to the P. C. last summer (2014), I found all of two tables open (think the casino has four in all). So I moseyed up to one and asked the young lady if I could buy a few dollar and five-dollar chips. And to my happiness, she said, sure! So I bought a good amount (maybe 10 of the $1 and five of the $5), then ambled over to the buffet for dinner. I was growing hungry, it was around 6:30 and I figgered I might not make it back to "civilized" Carson City or Reno in time for their buffets. To my surprise, I found Pioneer Crossing had a decent spread - including crab legs, prime rib, turkey I think, and all the fixin's. I guess it's one of the few such places in town (don't know if Lucky Club offers similar grub). Reasonable prices, too, think it was mebbe $15. And some real cowboys dining there, too!
Well, sir, after dinner, I walked around town a bit, and that's when I sort of sashayed into Dini's and saw their one-armed bandits. So I walked back to Pioneer Crossing to mount up my trusty steed, Tamoca. And the idea hit me, maybe I should try for a $25 chip from Pioneer Crossing, certainly it might be a rarity. So I went to the other table (blackjack) where I saw some green chips and asked that dealer if I could buy one.
"Certainly not!" she retorted (in a voice loud enough for the first dealer and all the players to overhear). "If you buy a chip you have to play it. WE DON'T SELL TO COLLECTORS, EVER!"
And this tenderfoot just sort of limped on outta there...feeling truly hurt - as I had rather generously patronized the establishment. And then rode off into the sunset.
A Harvest Adventure Story