When I woke up on Tuesday, Nov. 28th
I had three thoughts foremost in my mind. Today is the day my sister and her
husband arrive from Ontario for 9 days, at 5:30 it was too early to get up and
6 years ago today I lost my brother, Bruce, far too young.
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| Bruce and I in 1975 |
I remained in bed
and crept out ‘sneakily’ at 6:35. I felt the excitement for our company flying
into Las Vegas at noon PST. I heard from Gerry as they were waiting to board
their plane.
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| Pretty pigeon |
It was still dark out but I opened
the blinds anyway. I should have walked this morning to calm down as I know
excitement also brings shingles for me more than worry. Bill wasn’t too long
after me getting up and we had our drinks together while reading blog posts.
After an hour I had my shower and emptied a few hangers in the closet for our
guests and then did a quick dust through the Suite. It was mainly dusty from
the winds yesterday and I had windows open on the west side.
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| Quails taking a drink |
Bill had his shower and took Clemson
for a short walk down to the corner with the garbage. The winds are evident
again this morning but so far not too bad and it looks a calm-down is coming
today. That’s good. We are looking at temperatures here in the low 70’s and mid
60’s in Vegas so it sounds perfect with this blue sky. We were all cleaned up
and ready to go when Bill took the key over to Lori and explained about
Clemson’s food and stuff.
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| Crossing the bridge into Nevada |
We hopped in the truck at 10:20 and
arrived at McCarran Airport at 11:50. We parked in the underground parking and
found their Gate E. After a bit of a kerfluffle and no clear markings, we
finally found it. Donna and Gerry met Bill by 12:30 and we were loaded in the
truck and on our way. Our destination was to Las Vegas Blvd and to find a place
to eat. We were all hungry and of course, their times were way off, gaining an
extra 3 hours to their day.
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| Bus boondocking |
Carl’s Jr. turned out to be the spot.
Donna was surprised to see that they offered an All-Natural Grass Fed Beef
Burger so the two of us ordered that in a combo. The boys ordered a Big Carl
Burger combo. Oh, they were so good! This would mean we wouldn’t need much
supper tonight. Next on the agenda we needed to take part in The Fremont
Experience! We found a spot to park a block away to park the truck.
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We did a bit of gambling on the slot machines while waiting
I was up $1 and then spent it. |
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| Yay! |
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| A couple of happy campers |
I’m glad they call this ‘an
experience’ because we have never witnessed so many ‘strange’ people all in one
place before. We all enjoyed this experience and will chat about it for years
to come. Donna and I took pictures of some fun things and avoided some other
things too embarrassing to record on film. We laughed a lot and had a good time
before making our way back to Black Beauty.
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| A couple of happy guys |
We drove from there to Boulder City
where we found the entrance to Hoover Dam. We saw the new bridge, which was
holy cow, SO big but surprisingly were able to drive across the dam. Things
have changed again since our friends Judy and Oscar last visited the scenic
area. The Hoover Dam is an arch-gravity concrete dam and is located in the
Black Canyon of the Colorado River on the border between Nevada and Arizona.
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| Yup, he's real |
We had a nice view of Lake Mead which
is about 24 miles from the Las Vegas Strip as we drove by. The Dam, named about
President Herbert Hoover, began construction in 1931 and opened for use in 1936
during the Great Depression. Over 100 lives were lost during this construction.
It covers an area of 220 acres and is 726’ high. The base of this dam is 660’
thick.
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| I think this building is coming down, curtains and all |
We were all fascinated with just
looking at it and trying to imagine how they built it. It is an awesome thing
to see if you haven’t been there. By this time, it was approaching 4:30 and we
headed back towards Bullhead City for home. It is quite a different view coming
through the mountains and down into Laughlin, NV in the dark and our guests
wouldn’t get much of a view of things today.
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this lady tried her darnedest to show us all 8 ways to wear this wrap scarf
she had us all laughing along with her |
We moved inside and I showed them
where things were, where they could put their personal items and then we sat
and relaxed. Bill and Gerry had a toasted sandwich and Donna and I had an
orange which was just the right amount for supper. Bill brought in our creation
of a room divider and totally surprised them. This should give each of us some
privacy during the overnight and early morning hours.
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| Action figures for my grandsons, oh and my son and my brother :) |
They were tired and by 10:30 we were pulling
out the sofa bed and settling in for the night. We had a great day and are
anxious to show them around our area and this lifestyle.
Thank you for taking
the time to stop in today. Please feel free to comment if you wish.
