Four, fun-loving people from this area spent last Friday, Saturday and Sunday on an Amtrak train trip to and from Sacramento, Calif. Those four individuals were Bob “Slick” and Lynda McCulloch, plus Elaine and I, all of Carson City.

The purpose of this trip was to take a leisurely train ride on Friday over Donner Summit, so we could see and photograph the deep winter snow along the way in the high country, and then have two days of fun in Sacto.
It was a fun-filled three days, and here are some highlights of our adventure:

Amtrak:

The Carson City Board of Supervisors meet at 8 a.m. today at the Carson City Sheriff's Office Ormsby Room, 911 East Musser, for an orientation on the following:

- Presentation on Open Meeting Law, Public Records, and Ethics/Civility
- Presentation on General Government Finance
- Presentation on the Active Strategy Program
- Presentations regarding department operations

Go here to see live video of the meeting. You can see the full agenda here.

The next regular meeting of the Carson City Board of Supervisors will be Feb. 7.

Southwest Gas is warning customers about a number of individuals who have posed themselves as utility employees in the Carson City area.

In a news release the utility noted that employees always wear a company uniform, display Southwest Gas identification cards, usually only come to a home and enter when service is requested at the customers request and identify themselves and the purpose of their visit.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and southern Oregon. This report is for the week of Jan. 23-30.