May 26, 2010

May 26, 2010
Getting back into the travel routine, I got up and took a power walk. Las Vegas is such a sleazy town in spots, and this is one of those spots. Don’t think we will stay here again.

This morning, my friend Deloris Ginocchio came for breakfast. Kind of. She said she would come for breakfast, but we hadn’t counted on her eating before she came. We still shoved some food down her! She lost her husband of 31 years to cancer last month. It was good to see that she is thinking soundly, and that she looked great. But she wouldn’t let us take a picture. She hates the paparazzi!

After breakfast, we packed up Hannah and headed for Mesquite, about 70 miles up I15. We are in the Casablanca’s RV park, where they made a tee time tomorrow at the Palms golf course. There are wind warnings for tomorrow… this ought to be fun! We checked out some of the other courses around. Wolf Creek looks IMPOSSIBLE! It is quite expensive from what we hear.
The RV park here is small, and non-descript. The few trees provide little shade. But people do not come here to hang out in their RVs. And it only cost $19. We barely fit, and there is a small ridge in the road right where we are going to need to hook the truck to Hannah, so this will be a challenge.

Now, we are relaxing: me with my vodka tonic; Spouse with some apple cider. Then off to the smoky casino we will go. When boating, my drink of choice had become a rum punch. But for some reason, it has lost its appeal in favor of vodka tonics. I had never really been a vodka drinker, but after a round of golf one day, it sounded so appealing and it has stuck with me since. Do you think it is less fattening? How about lower in carbs?