New BFFs

 Since we began this adventure I have made a few new BFFs.  For those of you who do not know what BFF is: Best Friend Forever

For my other BFFs no worry, they will never replace you!  Anyway the first BFF:
Her name is Febreeze.  She has been especially helpful & much loved here in Las Vegas.  Why?  Well, we like to go to different casinos for low cost eating and occasionally a little Kaching.  Since I believe all the smokers in the world are here in Nevada,  we always go home smelling like cigarette smoke.  Thanks to my new BFF I immediately spray down our clothes before they go in the hamper and VOILA no more smoke smell.

Another BFF: His name is Players Club Card.  Why he has 3 names I will never know, but he is very generous especially every time we are introduced at a new casino.  He finds free money for us or 2 for 1 dinners or dinner credits or movies for $3 and the list goes on and on.  We do love him for just himself, but the freebies aren't to bad either.

More BFF's later.

On the Road...

When we started out I thought staying hooked up through the Internet would be a breeze. HA!  Lots of the places we have stayed at have not caught up with the real world.  We usually hear..."We are trying to work out the kinks."  Lots of kinks out there.

If we had consistent Internet it would be so much easier to stay in touch.  Our one saving grace to stay somewhat in contact is that we have Smart phones & Internet through the phone service which we really rely on most of the time.

We are now at a RV park that has free Internet & it seems to be pretty good so far.

Staying in the Las Vegas area for awhile.  Our friend is definately moving here & Rod is going to help him drive some of his vehicles.  I am going to stick close to home & take care of the dog.  His new place is amazing & the view is to die for.

I think the one most important thing we brought with us has probably saved our marriage.  LOL  OK, picture the wife helping the husband back in to the tight RV space.  Picture her yelling..."Go right, No, go Left, go Slow..."  I can't tell you how many times we have witnessed this sight.  How have we avoided it?  Simple...Walkie Talkies.  Yep, Walkie Talkies.  It has made moving in & out of RV resorts simple & fast.  We have it down pat & hook up is a breeze along with backing in. 

I bought the Walkie Talkies for Rod as a Christmas present years ago.  I threw them in the pile of the things to pack in the RV & it has proved to be the best thing we could have ever packed.  You must ask to watch the ballet of machine & couple dancing through something that could have been more difficult.

The Desert

Who said the desert is hot? Whoever said that has not been to Las Vegas in January. It has been the weirdest weather ever in the Southwest. We have had hard freeze warnings the past 5 nights & one morning we woke up to icicles hanging from the bottom of the windows.

It is supposed to warm up to low 60's by the weekend, but whoo hoo has it been cold!

We will hang around here for another 5 - 6 weeks before taking our time heading back to Oregon. Scrapbook Fun Fest is looming ahead & we will getting into gear in the next few months.

Missing the coast a whole lot! Getting restless to move on over & explore.

We were able to meet up with my BIL at the Wynn for breakfast last week. He looked great & it was fun to catch up.

Our friend was able to buy his dream house here in Las Vegas & sell his house in Sacramento in less than 24 hours for more than he was asking. We will be helping him get all his stuff down here. Fun times & busy times a'coming.

Went to Senior Tuesday movie day last week at Sam's Town & saw "Lincoln". It really was amazing although Rod fell asleep during some of the longer oratories.

Heading out to a new area near here next week. More on that!

I have been posting photos on Rod's facebook page. Didn't get a photo of it, but we went to "Amore Taste of Chicago" for Chicago style pizza last night. It was amazing! Definitely going back to try some of the other items they have.