Monthly Archives: March 2010
Brunch and Pollo…
Today was fun mixed with some work. We picked Nick and Terry up about 12:15 and went to the Breakfast Brunch at Boulder Station Casino. Once again, it was a great meal for $11 each.
After spending almost two hours laughing and talking over brunch we drove over to Lowes to pick up parts for our projects.
Coming back we dropped Jan off at our rig before heading over to Nick’s.
Nick and I wanted to work on things around his rig to finish up several projects.
First he raised the rig on the jacks so i could crawl under it to replace a fuse in the leveler circuits. When we were working on it the other day we only had a 30 amp fuse instead of the 40 amp needed. So now it has the 40 amp fuse it needs.
Next, we replaced the connector on the air compressor line so that a tow truck can tap into the line to release the air brakes if the rig must be towed
Finally, we installed a charge wire between the coach and the van Nick & Terry tow behind. A charge wire allows the rig to keep the battery in the van charged from the rig while you’re driving.
We finished up about 6:00 and then we all drove over to our rig and picked Jan up about 6:45pm.
Then it was off to El Pollo Loco for some great citrus-marinated grilled chicken. This west coast chain became one of our favorites when we were out here two years ago and we were looking forward to trying it again.
Finally, about 7:30 we headed back to the rigs for the night.
Tomorrow I’ll be working on our rig, trying to replace the seals and the flush ball in our toilet.
Oh boy!
More tomorrow…
Pawn Stars…Not!
First a correction. We have been told that the birds, that yesterday we thought were Cactus Wrens, are actually House Finches in the their mating plumage. Thanks for the update, Al.
Today we lounged around at the rig for a while before getting a late start doing the Las Vegas tourist thing.
After picking up Nick & Terry about about 1:30pm, we got gas and headed over toward the Vegas Strip. Nick and Terry are big fans of the TV show ‘Pawn Stars” and wanted to see the real thing.
But when we got there they decided to try again later. There was a line out the door and down the street.
Somehow it looks fancier on TV.
We’ll try again later during the week when, hopefully, it won’t be so busy.
So we headed on down the Strip, doing a lot of people-watching.
Thank goodness, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, because some of these people shouldn’t be allowed out.
We were actually heading back to Fry’s Electronics. Terry had some more things she wanted to look at.
Fry’s is a great place to just wander around looking at all the neat toys. But after a couple of hours everyone was getting hungry so we starting looking for a place to eat.
We talked about the buffet at the Rio but no one was hungry enough to eat $25 of food. We used my GPS to look up a Chinese Buffet, but when we got there, it was no longer in business.
I had printed out a list of the best buffets in Las Vegas and looking over the list we decided to try the buffet at Boulder Station Casino, which, ironically, was only about two blocks from Nick and Terry’s RV Park, so we headed back across town.
And it was certainly worth the trip. After getting our free Player Cards that saved us $2 each, we sat down to a great meal. Much better than the buffet in Laughlin Tuesday night.
After dinner we hit the slots. Jan started with $20 and ran it up to $46.50. I told her to cash out, but she said she was on a roll.
And she was. A downward roll. She rolled the $46.50 down to $0.01. So now she cashes out!
I took $10, ran it up to $15, and cashed out.
Hey, $5 profit is $5. What can I say.
About 7:30pm we headed back to the rigs and settled in for the night.
One funny thing happened yesterday. Nick took a picture of the new bridge at Hoover Dam, but didn’t get a close look at it until last night. He said he couldn’t figure out how he missed the moose-shaped balloon in the air over the Dam. Then he realized it was Jan’s moose antenna ornament.
We all got a big laugh out of that.
More tomorrow…
