点评:Virginia City, back in the late 50's my father, mother and I would take driving trips up to northern California and Nevada, on one occasion we stopped in Virginia City, Nevada a beautiful mountainous old hillside gold town nestled among hundreds of little and larger gold mines. I distinctly remember walking, father in hand into the "Bucket of Blood Saloon" perhaps remembering after all these years due to its name. I was amazed by its size and noticed a wooden spiral staircase at the end of the bar. So, we sauntered up to the bar, my first experience for an eleven-year-old.
Father had a beer, and I a soda of some sort called a sarsaparilla. As we sat there an old-timer wearing odd looking and a bit tattered clothing sat down next to my dad, and they struck up a conversation. After a while my dad asked him if he had a gold mine and he said, “why yes, he did”. My father then asked him does he get a lot of gold out of it and the old-timer said, “Yes, but I only take out enough to live on” a lesson learned, that I have never forgotten, the true definition of a gold mine.
67 years later I walked into the same saloon, sat in the same spot only now with my drinking buddy! The super friendly bartender and staff were very accommodating with a new addition of live music watched by the many onlookers adding to the mystique of this famous Saloon among others in Virginia City. Although the old spiral staircase was no longer there, a big picture window was strategically placed offering a panoramic view of the town and hills beyond. A special place not to be missed on anyone’s visit to Virginia City, Nevada, USA. Special Thanks for the memories to my father and the Old-Timer.
翻译:弗吉尼亚城,上世纪五十年代末,我和父母经常开车去北加州和内华达州旅行。有一次,我们在内华达州的弗吉尼亚城停留,那是一座依山而建的美丽古镇,掩映在数百座大大小小的金矿之中。我清楚地记得,牵着父亲的手走进了“血桶酒吧”(Bucket of Blood Saloon),或许是多年以后才想起它的名字吧。酒吧的规模让我惊叹不已,我注意到酒吧尽头有一段木制的螺旋楼梯。于是我们漫步走到酒吧,这是我作为一个十一岁孩子第一次体验酒吧的乐趣。父亲喝了一杯啤酒,我喝了一杯叫做菝葜的汽水。我们坐在那里时,一位穿着古怪破旧衣服的老人在我父亲旁边坐了下来,他们攀谈起来。过了一会儿,我父亲问他是否有金矿,他说:“是的,他有。”我父亲问他,他从里面挖出了很多金子吗?这位老前辈说:“挖出来很多,但我只挖出足够维持生计的。” 我从中吸取了一个教训,至今难忘,这才是金矿的真正定义。
67年后,我再次走进这家酒吧,坐在同一个地方,只是这次是和我的酒友一起!超级友好的调酒师和工作人员非常热情周到,现场还新增了现场音乐表演,吸引了众多围观者,更增添了这家弗吉尼亚城著名酒吧的神秘感。虽然古老的螺旋楼梯已不复存在,但一扇巨大的落地窗巧妙地映入眼帘,可以俯瞰小镇和远处群山的全景。这是任何到访美国内华达州弗吉尼亚城的人都不容错过的特别之地。特别感谢我父亲和这位老前辈留下的美好回忆。