Donna's opened its doors in Wells, Nevada, in 1867 and has never closed, not even for a single day, since then. The Pussycat Saloon in Winnemucca, also still in business, opened two years later. The Moonlite Bunny Ranch, now famous for offering porn stars at exorbitant rates, opened its doors in 1955. Prostitution has been a thriving business in Nevada for nearly 150 years now and it seems that the more things change, the more they stay the same. The men still look for the prettiest girl at the best price, the women still perform timeless sex acts and the owners still look for ways to bring more business through the doors.
Nothing's certain about the future of the Nevada ranches.
All that's certain is that Nevada has been the home of commercial passion longer than it's been a state. All I know for certain about Nevada and her brothels is that I have found a place where I can take a working holiday surrounded by living history. The evening after my hike into the hills behind the house, I slipped into the hottub with an older gentleman. Talk of birds soon gave way to deep sighs of contentment as we stroked one another's arms and backs through the steaming, swirling water. Soon the sighs, too, drifted away as we kissed long and deep, floating in the sensations of our nearness.