It figures - I just got a call for an interview for a really great job. They want to schedule it for THURSDAY, the week of the burn. I rescheduled for a phone interview, but don't know what the likelihood of making a quiet, hour-long call from a Gerlach land line would be. Anyone got ideas? Thanks! ...

Just got off the phone with the nice people at the Sands, and there are no BM-rate rooms left. After some shopping, I did find them to have some of the most affordable rooms around, though - $104 for 4 people. By the way, their website was going to charge me $119 for the same, so I saved a bit by ca...