5 May ‘07
Saturday
Cinco de Mayo…
Louise and I were in Las Vegas and thankfully got out of there with our pants still on…
We joined some of Lou’s family and her mother to celebrate her mother’s 90th birthday party. When we arrived in Las Vegas, it was evident that we were in for some hot weather. Fact is they had some record breaking days of heat while we were there. Having the casinos air-conditioned was the saving grace as that is where they obviously spent most of our time. I’m not much of a gambler, so I was out doing my thing…finding the best coffee shops, people watching, and just checking out Lost Wages. Mikleane flew in on Alaska Air about 45 minutes late, and the rest of the family all arrived just in time to check in before mid-night. They were all flying “stand-by”. Dean seemed to be the “Big Winner” prior to his leaving, but once he got out to the airport to leave, I guess he went the other way. The rest of them contributed to the economy of Lost Wages (Las Vegas). After spending a week in the casinos, Louise and I waved good-bye to the family as they all flew out, Mikleane on time and the rest about 12 hours late. For us, it was off to Camping World in Henderson to have the oil and filter changed on the coach. We had set an appointment for Friday, but they could take us right in when we got there. That gave us a chance to head off to Pahrump. We hadn’t originally planned to stop there but now that we are here we are just going to set back and rest up from our stay in Las Vegas for the next 4 days. Unfortunately the wind has started to blow again. The temperatures are now in the mid to high 70’s but the wind is blowing hard enough to shake the coach at times. This is giving Louise a chance to do some of the “deep” cleaning that she has wanted to do. Right now she has everything out of the pantry and is vacuuming the farthest corners of it. I’ve got this journal to write and then I can get into some of the things that I’ve been wanting to do as well.
Saturday
Cinco de Mayo…
Louise and I were in Las Vegas and thankfully got out of there with our pants still on…
We joined some of Lou’s family and her mother to celebrate her mother’s 90th birthday party. When we arrived in Las Vegas, it was evident that we were in for some hot weather. Fact is they had some record breaking days of heat while we were there. Having the casinos air-conditioned was the saving grace as that is where they obviously spent most of our time. I’m not much of a gambler, so I was out doing my thing…finding the best coffee shops, people watching, and just checking out Lost Wages. Mikleane flew in on Alaska Air about 45 minutes late, and the rest of the family all arrived just in time to check in before mid-night. They were all flying “stand-by”. Dean seemed to be the “Big Winner” prior to his leaving, but once he got out to the airport to leave, I guess he went the other way. The rest of them contributed to the economy of Lost Wages (Las Vegas). After spending a week in the casinos, Louise and I waved good-bye to the family as they all flew out, Mikleane on time and the rest about 12 hours late. For us, it was off to Camping World in Henderson to have the oil and filter changed on the coach. We had set an appointment for Friday, but they could take us right in when we got there. That gave us a chance to head off to Pahrump. We hadn’t originally planned to stop there but now that we are here we are just going to set back and rest up from our stay in Las Vegas for the next 4 days. Unfortunately the wind has started to blow again. The temperatures are now in the mid to high 70’s but the wind is blowing hard enough to shake the coach at times. This is giving Louise a chance to do some of the “deep” cleaning that she has wanted to do. Right now she has everything out of the pantry and is vacuuming the farthest corners of it. I’ve got this journal to write and then I can get into some of the things that I’ve been wanting to do as well.