Wednesday: (06/10) We're lounging in the rest stop here at MM88 on I15. We have a Vet appointment for Wolfie at 4pm in Las Vegas. He has kennel cough from his stay at animal control a few days ago. Ernie needs to pickup a few things there as well. Since it will be warm in Las Vegas, expecting 88 degrees, we'll hang here where it will be cooler until later in the day so we arrive shortly before Wolfie's appointment. It's overcast and trying to rain with an occasional light sprinkle for now. The view here is quite nice in the middle of a green valley with mountains all around and no close development so, other than the highway and its traffic, we're out in the wilds.
Prior to stopping here for the night at the rest area we traveled through miles and miles of construction zone with little more than eight feet of pavement. Unfortunately, much of the way the oil on the road single lane we were in was still wet and we picked up a lot of debris. After we cleared the construction zone we traveled at least another 50 miles before stopping for the night. When I checked the wheels before we took off I noticed our tires were now 15.5 inches instead of 15 inch. It was all gone by the time we arrived in Las Vegas.
About 1230 we stopped at the Eureka Casino parking lot in Mesquite for lunch of hot dogs.
Arrived at the Wild Wild West Casino in Las Vegas about 2pm, too early. Ernie picked up his car and the doggies were moved to it. They might be more comfortable in it since it's home and air conditioned while Ernie is driving. Ernie dropped by to get his mail then went to the Vet appointment. I moved to The Orleans Casino oversized vehicle lot for the night. There are a lot of cars coming staying a while then leaving at the Arena next to the parking area. It turns out that all the Clark County (Las Vegas) schools have the graduation ceremonies at the Orleans Arena. Kind of neat. A good facility, air conditioned, seats and views for everybody. What more could a parent ask. For one thing making it free. Each attendee pays $30-35 to attend, more expensive thn a movie?
Ernie was debating a motel room but decided to spend the night in the RV since it cooled down nicely in the evening. It's 88 degrees here now (5pm) but seems cooler, quite comfy with a fan. We may finish up here by tomorrow afternoon then be off towards home?
We had dinner in the casino at Don Miguel's restauarnt. I had a chili relleno and a pork enchilada. Ernie had a taco and a beef enchilada. All very good.
Thursday: (06/11) Breakfast of ceral and bananas. Ernie went over to his storage shed to get a few things. I walked over to harbor Freight to look but wound up getting a few things. It's hard to not get something there. Tools are always justifyable. When I retruned to the RV Ernie was ready to go. we hit the road a little after 10am. I15 leaving Las Vegas is really nessed up due to construction. in fact all of I15 near Las vegas is fouled up, mostly unnecessarily. Typical pour traffic management. We stopped for lunch in Baker. Chili size for me, a turkey sandwich and ranch beans for Ernie.
We arrived in Bakersfield about 4:10. Ernie dropped by the Hall Of Records to get a birth certificate. I dropped by EZ Lube at Ashe and White Rd to get an oil change in the RV and the toad. They've done the RV before. They have wide and tall enough doors.
We followed instructions from the home front and stopped by Winco Foods to pick up a few things. We don't have Winco Foods in our area but have like shopping at them when we happen upon them. We then stopped at the Original Roadhouse on Rosedale Highway for dinner. I had the smaller grilled beef and Ernie had the smaller bufalo meat loaf. We both had too much even with the senior sized portions. Good food. We called it a day and stayed the night in Walmart's parking lot next to the restaurant.
I hope to get around to posting a couple of pictures after we get back home.
Friday: (06/12) We were up by 7am and on the road to Buttonwillow for breakfast. We stopped at the Willow Cafe. Ernie had the typical breakfast eggs sausage, home fries, and a biscuit. I had a couple of pancakes, eggs, bacon and sausage. We both had leftovers. We had our showers after breakfast and were on the road again by 9am.
We stopped in Salinas at the Borango Shopping Center for lunch. Leftovers in the RV and a walk for the dogs. We arrived home around 3pm after fueling. Our toad has a Remco driveline disconnect which has been working well byt the last two times has been very difficult to re-engage. I guess I need to crawl under the car and check the cable linkage again.
The doggies enjoyed checking out the backyard but are having a difficult time understanding why they are not allowed in the house except at bedtime. Normally they have the run of the place using the doggie doors but with the expected length of this stay and with Lou's knee problems, they have been banned to the yard to reduce Dawn's allergy to them and Lou's potential of tripping over them. Poor guys!
The weather is finally nice. It's rained on me since i left and all the time in Salt Lake City. Las Vegas was mildly hot as was Bakersfield. Now we're home and it's slightly overcast but a perfect temperature.
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