We've kept ourselves busy since getting to Vegas. Our T.T. park is quite close to Sam's Town so we drive down there and take a shuttle bus to the strip or Freemont Street. Saw 2 of the shows on the overhead canopy on Freemont Street the other night, it's so fasinating to watch! Yesterday afternoon we took the shuttle to the strip and visited 3 or 4 of the casinos there, but it was so windy they cancelled the volcano show and the Sirens show at Treasure Island. Did get to ride the tram between the two casinos and when we got back to Sam's Town we saw the water/light show there. It continued to blow all night and half of today. Now it's 3:30 and the wind has died down and it's nice and sunny and warm.
The strip was really crowded and noisy and I can't get over how huge the casinos are. I can see why my cousin and her husband like to stay on Freemont Street and just visit the strip. It's been about 20 years since we were on the strip and man, has it changed...everything is bigger and glitzier, lots more traffic and lots more noise!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Las Vegas
Or "Lost Wages", as my uncle calls it. Left Wilderness yesterday and ovenighted in a casino parking lot at Primm on the border of California and Nevada. Long steady climb along I-15N but at least we didn't ker-thunk, ker-thunk all the way!!!! California roads for the most part are horrible!! It went down to -5*C but the furnace in the trailer kept us cozy and warm even if it did run a lot during the night!!! We had the slide-out in so there was less space to heat. This morning was bright and sunny.
We were in the casino last night and the machine gobbled up my $5 in no time flat so I tried another maching, put $1 into it (it was a penny machine) and ended up getting $13.09 out of it. This morning we went back into the casino, found the same machine. No one had played it since last night so I put $2 in and it gobbled it up...time to get out of here!!! You can tell these casinos were very profitable at one time but with so many Indian casinos popping up all over the place and with the recession, the casinos in Nevada are really hurting. Got to the park with no problems, although B did have to make a u-turn....a very common practice in California and it seems in Nevada as well.
The sites in this park are sure a lot smaller than where we've been, but everything about the park is smaller! Lovely park though, nice and clean and well kept. Good thing is I can access the internet from the trailer...no more toting my lap top up to the club house with my luggage tote. Went for a walk this afternoon and ended up at Bolder Station a beautifulifully designed and built casino, played for awhile. There were several resturants in there as well as a Burger King and Dairy Queen. Didn't feel like having a meal so decided to have an ice cream sundae instead...it was yummy!!!!!
We were in the casino last night and the machine gobbled up my $5 in no time flat so I tried another maching, put $1 into it (it was a penny machine) and ended up getting $13.09 out of it. This morning we went back into the casino, found the same machine. No one had played it since last night so I put $2 in and it gobbled it up...time to get out of here!!! You can tell these casinos were very profitable at one time but with so many Indian casinos popping up all over the place and with the recession, the casinos in Nevada are really hurting. Got to the park with no problems, although B did have to make a u-turn....a very common practice in California and it seems in Nevada as well.
The sites in this park are sure a lot smaller than where we've been, but everything about the park is smaller! Lovely park though, nice and clean and well kept. Good thing is I can access the internet from the trailer...no more toting my lap top up to the club house with my luggage tote. Went for a walk this afternoon and ended up at Bolder Station a beautifulifully designed and built casino, played for awhile. There were several resturants in there as well as a Burger King and Dairy Queen. Didn't feel like having a meal so decided to have an ice cream sundae instead...it was yummy!!!!!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Bargain hunting
It was sunny and up to 20*C this afternoon. When you're in the sun it's really warm but the air is cool. About 4:30 or so, after the sun went down the temp. dropped to 7*C. We went into Hemet again today. Diesel was $3.019 at one station, it's $3.069 to $3.159 at other stations around here. We've been getting really good mileage with the truck...saw a bumber sticker once that said, "I may get pour mileage for a car, but I get terriffic mileage for a house!!"
Across from where we fuelled up there was a 99cent store. We first went into one of these at Palmdale so went into this one. It's like a "super" dollar store...they not only have all the ordinary $1 items but they have groceries as well...prepackaged for $0.9999 (all their items are $.9999 or less) 3 heads of Romaine..$.9999, a bag of 3 red or green peppers, a bunch of 10 small bananas, 7 apples....you get the idea. Came out of there with a buggy full of stuff for $19. There was also a store in that mall that had tank tops for 3/$9.99, but I didn't like them and they wouldn't have fit anyway. There's some bargains around but the prices at WalMart, Target, Costco etc seem higher than in Bellingham...also the tax down here is about 9% and all pop, water, beer etc have a $.05 deposit on the bottles. Took a different route back to the trailer and found a fruit stand with some interesting stuff...and we didn't even get lost!!!
Hope everyone is well. I've heard some people can't leave a comment, so if you can't leave a comment...e-mail me. Have a great day!
Across from where we fuelled up there was a 99cent store. We first went into one of these at Palmdale so went into this one. It's like a "super" dollar store...they not only have all the ordinary $1 items but they have groceries as well...prepackaged for $0.9999 (all their items are $.9999 or less) 3 heads of Romaine..$.9999, a bag of 3 red or green peppers, a bunch of 10 small bananas, 7 apples....you get the idea. Came out of there with a buggy full of stuff for $19. There was also a store in that mall that had tank tops for 3/$9.99, but I didn't like them and they wouldn't have fit anyway. There's some bargains around but the prices at WalMart, Target, Costco etc seem higher than in Bellingham...also the tax down here is about 9% and all pop, water, beer etc have a $.05 deposit on the bottles. Took a different route back to the trailer and found a fruit stand with some interesting stuff...and we didn't even get lost!!!
Hope everyone is well. I've heard some people can't leave a comment, so if you can't leave a comment...e-mail me. Have a great day!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Busy Sunday
Saturday morning we went to the craft/yard sale. It was so cold and windy the few people who were selling were bundled up because it was cold and windy. We went into the clubhouse and went to the manager's meeting to find out what's happening in and around the park.
Sundays they have a church service in the family center. Great service, probably 75 or so people there. Because this was our first time here we each got a pin in the shape of a cross made with spikes. Service was excellent and we had communion.
After lunch we drove up to Diamond Valley Lake. They made 3 dams to create a huge reservior to help when there's a drought or in case of an earthquake it'll supply drinking water for Southern California. B had to show his driver's license to get past the gate then we drove up the mountainside via a road of swithchbacks. What a view from the top!! Came down and headed over to the east side of the lake to see the visitors center, which was very interesting. From there we took some back roads down to the old town of Temecula. The old buildings have been restored and are now being used for antique shops, boutiques, and other little stores and cafes. We didn't even get lost today, so that was good!!!
Sundays they have a church service in the family center. Great service, probably 75 or so people there. Because this was our first time here we each got a pin in the shape of a cross made with spikes. Service was excellent and we had communion.
After lunch we drove up to Diamond Valley Lake. They made 3 dams to create a huge reservior to help when there's a drought or in case of an earthquake it'll supply drinking water for Southern California. B had to show his driver's license to get past the gate then we drove up the mountainside via a road of swithchbacks. What a view from the top!! Came down and headed over to the east side of the lake to see the visitors center, which was very interesting. From there we took some back roads down to the old town of Temecula. The old buildings have been restored and are now being used for antique shops, boutiques, and other little stores and cafes. We didn't even get lost today, so that was good!!!
Friday, March 5, 2010
Police Incident
We've never gotten lost or twisted around so many times as we have on this trip. Today we decided to drive into Palm Springs and check out the Thousand Trails park there. I was very well prepared with at least 4 maps and anything else you could think of....no way were we going to get messed up today...famous last words!! We were going along nicely when the road had been blocked off, went around the block and ended up in the same place...talked to the lady manning the road block and she told us the road was closed due to a police incident. OKAY! I didn't realize she was a police officer. She told us how to go around the block and get back on the highway we needed, but we had to go past WalMart so stopped in. A couple of the clerks were in the washroom talking about the bomb threat at Lowes...yikes...what kind of town are we in???
Got to Palm Springs T.T. park and looked around. On the way we passed thousands upon thousands of wind generators...looked kinda neat spread out over the mountain tops. Drove on Sonny Bono Memorial Hwy and saw Gene Autry Road. There were a lot of cainos along the highway but we restrained ourselves and never stopped at any. Anyway, had a great day.
Got to Palm Springs T.T. park and looked around. On the way we passed thousands upon thousands of wind generators...looked kinda neat spread out over the mountain tops. Drove on Sonny Bono Memorial Hwy and saw Gene Autry Road. There were a lot of cainos along the highway but we restrained ourselves and never stopped at any. Anyway, had a great day.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Wilderness Lakes
Got here yesterday. Beautiful park, nice wide sites and there's canals running throughout the park with lots of ducks swimming in them. There's mallards, coots (black ducks with white bills and they dive to the bottom of the canal to get their food) Canada geese, egrets (a white small heron-type of bird) and today I saw some turkeys...not sure if they're wild or from a farm nearby. Nice big adult and family lodges, pool room, puzzle room, one of the two pools are open as well as the hot tubs. Think we're going to enjoy it here!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Baptised in LA
It rained heavy Friday night and was nice Sat morning so we thought the rain storm was over. The fellow camped next to us runs tours into LA so we went with him. Took the MetroLink...a commuter rail service...into LA. Nice trains and we got to see a lot along the way...Jack pointed out so many things to us including the place where Micheal Jackson is interred, unfortunately I couldn't get a picture of it from the train.
Got into Union Station...so much to see just at the station. Part of it was built many years ago and then there's the new part built in the last 10 years or so. Fantastic skylight dome in there. From there we walked and took buses to the fashion, jewellery,financial and fabric districts. Each of these districts are several blocks square and the prices are really cheap, but its hard to know what to buy especially the first time you see it. There was store after store of nothing but fabrics from floor to ceiling, some of which was priced as low as $1 a yard! Lots of gold jewellery...but who knows how good it is??? In the fashion district they had men's suits for 2 for $99 and several stores of beautiful formal and wedding gowns. There was also an area that was like a flea market...reminded us of being in Mexico or Jamaica. By this time it was pouring rain and we got drenched even though we had our umbrellas and I wasn't able to get many pictures.
Stopped for a bite to eat at Clifton's Cafeteria. It's been around since before the depression. Lots of neat things to see and the food was good. Took the subway back to Union station then the MetroLink back. We did all that on one ticket that cost us $15 for the two of us...not a bad deal...too bad it rained so much that it was hard to really enjoy it! This morning of course is bright and sunny.
Got into Union Station...so much to see just at the station. Part of it was built many years ago and then there's the new part built in the last 10 years or so. Fantastic skylight dome in there. From there we walked and took buses to the fashion, jewellery,financial and fabric districts. Each of these districts are several blocks square and the prices are really cheap, but its hard to know what to buy especially the first time you see it. There was store after store of nothing but fabrics from floor to ceiling, some of which was priced as low as $1 a yard! Lots of gold jewellery...but who knows how good it is??? In the fashion district they had men's suits for 2 for $99 and several stores of beautiful formal and wedding gowns. There was also an area that was like a flea market...reminded us of being in Mexico or Jamaica. By this time it was pouring rain and we got drenched even though we had our umbrellas and I wasn't able to get many pictures.
Stopped for a bite to eat at Clifton's Cafeteria. It's been around since before the depression. Lots of neat things to see and the food was good. Took the subway back to Union station then the MetroLink back. We did all that on one ticket that cost us $15 for the two of us...not a bad deal...too bad it rained so much that it was hard to really enjoy it! This morning of course is bright and sunny.
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