Thanks, michaelr, the web site is exactly what we needed. The newly re-named Dada woo-woo pow wow is a bit north of I-80, the huge E-W freeway that goes through Reno. Location clearly favors Californians, at least down to the Bay Area.

Northern Nevada is nothing like the Palm Springs-Las Vegas-Phoenix desert areas in the summer. Expect 90 degrees +/- a couple, and the lowest humidity in the country. Clean air and low population mean that so many stars are visible that lifetime city people will not believe what is really out There.