Do you want Freedom Fries with your Tickler?

Finding my hotel in Ely (pronounced "e-lee") was no problem. After all, the "Hotel Nevada and Gambling Hall" was once the tallest building in Nevada. Built back in 1929, six stories was quite an engineeing marvel. And apparently they haven't updated the plumbing since 1929 either. My bathroom door warned, "Due to the age of the hotel, the shower fluctuates from hot to cold without warning." At 25 bucks a night, I knew there would be a catch. But otherwise the place was quite a spectacle to behold. The Gambling Hall bar offered 99 cent margaritas and $2.25 domestic beer. And the condom machine in the men's room offered the "(French) Freedom Tickler -- it's the patriotic thing to do."