Leaving Lost Wages (Vegas)

The Letterman in Concert.

Thursday we just hung out at the condo and spent the day at the pool. After dinner we went down to the Strip and hit the hot spots. We watched the pirate show at Treasure Island Casino and then walked down to the Volcano show at the Mirage and then to the Cesar's Palace and walked through the building to the Robotic Statue Show. While we watched I had a 24 oz Pinacoloda and Lynn had a 24 oz Margarita then we tried to walk back to the strip and I here, honey I am dizzy. We walked it off getting home after midnight all tired out.

The Buffet

A custom chopper at the Casino

The Sirens ship at Treasure Island.

The pirates ship in the show.

The Volcano eruption at the Mirage.

A Robot Statue at Ceasars Palace.

Sea Food galore at the buffet.

Friday we went grocery shopping at Walmart and Sam's Club to stock the motor home for our next road trip. We also went to the big Bass Pro Shop and looked around. After shopping we went to the pool and worked on our tans. Friday is our last night in town and we decided to go out to dinner and a show. We went to the South Point Casino and had their Friday night sea food buffet. The buffet was very good, they had Crab Legs, Shrimp, Oysters and Clams and three different kinds of fish. I only had crab legs, shrimp, baked potato, prime rib, Boston Cream pie and a hot fudge Sunday. OK so I am fat, so what. We then went to the Letterman Concert and had a great time singing to the old tunes and watching the show. Our concert tickets got us free drinks in the casino so we sat at the bar and had a drink and played the poker machine. It took us an hour to loose five bucks. It was late when we returned to the condo but it was a great night out. We left Las Vegas about nine this morning and are now in a campground about fifty miles from the Grand Canyon. We plan to take the car and drive up there Monday to check it out. Tomorrow we need to rest up from our week in Vegas. Doug my friend from Grand Rapids is supposed to stop and visit us sometime this weekend on his way to California to visit his son's. Until next time.

Shopping and Bull Riding

Tuesday we went shopping at a very large outlet mall down the street. I bought a new pair of Merrill shoes and we had lunch in the mall. It was late in the afternoon when we returned to the Condo so we just hung out and Lynn made leftover meatloaf for dinner. My back went out after dinner so I soaked in the Jacuzzi and today it was better.
The Bull Riding Championship is in town today so we decided to take a look at this crazy sport. First we watched the young bulls bucking without a rider. They have a 25 pound weight on their back that falls off after eight seconds of bucking. They do this so potential buyers can see how the bull bucks and then they bid on them. Later they had the big bulls with cowboys trying to ride them. At this show you can buy some of the bulls for fifteen thousand dollars and then watch them perform. I guess this is a good price because more than one person wants to buy the bull so they cut cards to see who gets to buy it. I told Lynn this would be a good investment and we could keep it in my new barn. I changed my mind because I know what would happen, Lynn would turn it into a pet and the neighbor kids would be riding it. Oh well it was a good idea. We also went to a Goodwill Super Store, wow was that fun.
Tonight we went out to dinner at a restaurant called The Prime Rib. Lynn had a pork cutlet dish and I went for the large cut prime rib. We were stuffed when we finished, did I mention I need to get on a diet? After dinner we came back to the Condo and watched a Video I bought somewhere on the trip. We also went to Walgreen's and got our three month supply of our prescriptions. More fun tomorrow.

Viva Las Vegas

We arrived in Las Vegas Saturday afternoon and just hung out in the Condo. It felt so good to have all this room we did not want to leave. We both took long hot showers and relaxed in the air conditioning.
After boon docking for two weeks and conserving water the long hot showers were great. Without an oven in the motor home good home cooking is difficult so we went to Walmart on Sunday and did some shopping and sightseeing. Lynn made us a meatloaf dinner on Sunday and a Roast pork dinner tonight, boy were they ever good. Both Sunday and Monday we hung out at the pool and the Casino in the afternoon, it has been in the high eighties. Tonight we took the shuttle down to the Strip and did some sightseeing. The bright lights and fountains are beautiful and the stores and casinos are interesting places to watch people. We played a few slot machines without any luck. It's nice to be out of the motor home for awhile and living indoors. I have attached a few picture of the condo we actually have two one bedroom units that are connected. We thought we were going to have guest but that did not work out, oh well when this one gets dirty we can move into the other one. We will be here until next Saturday and then off to the Grand Canyon. It is supposed to cool off this week into the seventies, that will be nice. We have scheduled some shows and some sightseeing for the week. See ya next time

Arie Casino Fountain

Restaurant at City Center

A couple of 500 pound pumpkins

Lynn liked these stools in the rain forest cafe.

These are the pools and hot tubs taken from our condo window.

Dining room kitchen in condo

Dinning room living room.

Bathroom.

Jacuzzi bedroom.

A Little of This and That

Hoover Dam taken from the new bridge.

New location of Marina.

Race headquarters.

OK they finally got the Marina moved, it only took four days. they will open the Marina up again tomorrow.We had a little surprise Thursday evening, we found out they were having a race event starting from Echo Bay with over 6000 runners. This is a two day relay race with twelve person teams running 195 miles in two days running around the clock. They will finish Saturday afternoon on the Strip in Vegas. They started running at six am this morning, so it got a little load with the huge crowd cheering and the load speakers blaring. Yesterday we took a ride over to Hoover Dam and checked out the new bridge. We spent today packing things up for our trip to Las Vegas tomorrow and listening to the race. We had Rich. Betsy and their daughter Rose over to our fire tonight and it was very enjoyable talking by the fire. Rose has had a very interesting career steering ships for the US Navy and the Merchant Marines all over the world. We are looking forward to a change of scenery in Las Vegas living in a large two bedroom condo with two full bathes and a full kitchen, it should feel like a Mansion after living in this hallway for two months. That about it until we hit the Casinos. Have a good one.

Echo Bay NP

It has been pretty quiet her on Echo Bay the last couple day's. We have taken the Kayak out to swim and stay cool, it has been in the nineties. We have also been hanging out with new friend here at the camp ground. Jerry and Doris are from Oregon and are full time RVr's. They are headed for Quartzite for the winter down in Arizona. The camp host couple are Rich and Betsy and they are from Indiana. They spnd six months here on Echo Bay taking care of the campground for the NP Service. They have a home in Indiana and go home for the summer. Yesterday we gave the motor home a bath and Lynn did laundry while I took a nap, we all have our job's. They closed the Marina Monday to move it and so far it is still in the same place. I did see divers going out yesterday, I think today will be the day. Someone said it is costing the Government $1,000,000 to move it. Last year the government put in a new boat launch and Helicopter Pad but the water has come back up and that three million dollar project is all under water and can't be used, how do you spell engineeeeeer. As soon as they move the Marina I will post some pictures. The Coyote's have been singing every morning at day break and waking us up.

Our high speed motorboat.

Roger Hot Springs.

The campground is full of the flowering bushes in Pink,
White and Red.

We are the only people in the 40 site campground. We call it our private campground.

The Marina is supposed to be moved to this side of the bay.

We did go site seeing and visited some hot springs down the road. We also went down to a dispersed camping area on Lake Mead to check it out. Their were about a half dozen RVs camping on the lake, but the road is pretty rough getting down there. Hopes things are well with all.

Exploring in the Kayak

Well yesterday we had to take the motor home to Overton NV, about twenty miles north to get the propane tank filled. The refrigerator runs off of LP when we are dry camping and we were almost empty. While we were there we stopped at the grocery store again and pumped out the tanks.
Lynn has a few little friend here at the camp site, a chipmunk, birds and some wild burrows. If she keeps feeding them they will over run our campsite. Pictures are attached.

Chippy the chipmonk

These birds come by the dozens.

The wild Burrows that poop everywhere.

Red wasoo clay is hard to get off your shoes.

The Captain of the Kayak.

Two Happy Campers.

Today we did some maintenance work and Lynn washed the windows. It has been very warm here this week and Lynn said the thermometer yesterday read 113 outside and 94 inside. Today it was in the nineties so we went exploring in the kayak. It was much cooler on the lake and we did allot of swimming. There are a few islands just off shore so we went paddling around the islands and into the coves it was great. When we got back to the camp site Lynn cooked up a new dish called Possum Stew, it was very good. I think tomorrow will be another lake day and maybe a ride to see some local sites. We will be here on Lake Mead until next Saturday when we move into the Condo in Las Vegas. Wishing everyone a great weekend.

A visit to Henderson and another boat ride

Wednesday we drove to Henderson just out side Las Vegas and did some shopping. First we went to Costco and bought a few thing's. They had good prices on booze so we stocked up, we were getting low. We even found some adult chocolate milk, we have not tried it yet. We also stopped at The Arlene Ness motorcycle dealership and checked out the custom motorcycles. I tried to get Lynn to buy me one but she said $60,000 was too much. We then stopped at the Salvation Army store to buy a suit case for going to the Condo $2.50 Lynn was happy. Wednesday night we partied with our friends Dean and Judy at the campfire, it was a great night.
Today we went out in Deans boat again for seven hours skiing, swimming and a little drinking. They introduced me to Long Island Ice Tea ummm good. We took the boat up the Colorado River for about thirty miles and it was a gorgeous ride. Lots of sun and fresh air, it was about 90 degrees. Dean and Judy are leaving tomorrow and we will miss them, they are great folks. Wednesday when we were driving to Henderson their dog Muzbe got stung in the face by a big yellow wasp and her face swelled up so bad she could not open her eyes, she was OK today. I think we need a rest day tomorrow. This retirement stuff is tiring.

I don't know what this is but it is big and it scared all the other birds to death.

Our camp site at sunset.

Big red rocks everywhere.

The girls are holding their heads on because of all the Margaritas last night.

This is the entrance to the Colorado River.

OK I have to tell you this story. There were three motor homes here with folks from France who did not speak English. I seen one of the motor homes pull over by Deans campsite and stop, so I walked over to see what was going on. This guy was dumping his black tank down a pipe in front of their rig. I tried to explain that this was not a dump station but a service shut off valve for shutting the water off underground in case of freezing weather, no luck. I went up to see the campground host and told him he better get over there before the other two dumped their tanks. Dean and Judy were off walking the dogs and were not happy to here or smell the news when they returned. We like it here and are going to stay another week. The weather is suppose to be hot and sunny all week and I want to watch them move the entire floating Marina closer to shore. Stay tuned.

Day on the Lake

Intering the narrows.

The white line is the old water level. It has come up about nine feet since spring.

This is Musby

Dean, Judy, Lynn and Keeper enjoying the day.

This is Keeper.

The back of Hoover Dam

Judy doing her thing. Sure looks good.

Here is Lynn cooling off.

This is Dean's matching boat and truck.

We spent today on the lake with new friends. We met our neighbors walking their dogs the other day and they joined us at our fire last night. Judy and Dean are from Minnesota but live in Utah now, near Zion NP. They have two Shepard mix dog's Keeper and Musby. Dean and Judy have a bow rider ski boat and invited us to spend the day with them cruising up lake Mead to Hoover Dam, about eighty miles round trip. We left at eleven this morning and got back about six this evening. Wow what a great day. It was calm all day and 85 degrees with bright sun shine. Lake Mead is so beautiful it is hard to describe, the lake winds in and out of rock islands and narrow channels for miles on end. Judy went slalom skiing and she is very good, I don't know how she does it at 62. We all went swimming to cool off, the water is about 76 degrees, it felt great. Here are a few pictures of our day. I have to look for the aloe now and go to bed. I am sure we will have another tough day tomorrow.