Daily Archives: May 8, 2011
Mother’s Day II . . .
Got up about 10:30 this morning, and after a Mother’s Day kiss for Jan, and coffee and a Cinnamon Crunch muffin for breakfast, I started my day.
Jan got Mother’s Day calls from our son Chris and our daughter Brandi so that made her day.
After working on some Internet jobs, I started on some more chores.
First up was to check the tire pressure in the driver’s side inside rear tire. Back in Show Low and Williams I was having trouble with the pressure dropping overnight. But now, suddenly, the problem has disappeared. Hopefully for good.
Next was the big window awning on the coach’s right side. It wouldn’t open when we got here, but getting out the ladder and fooling with it a little seems to have fixed it.
Then, last I wanted to repair the slide-out tray on my computer desk. The screws had pulled out on one side and needed to be replaced with larger ones. It took Jan’s help to hold it in place while I worked underneath with the drill driver, but a little effort got it fixed.
By then it was getting close to 3 pm when we headed out to the Mother’s Day Buffet at the Boulder Station Casino right down the road. We had about a 30 minute wait in line, but, as previously, the meal was delicious.
We got home a little after 5 to find the high winds had blown over our sat dish so that took a while to get set back up.
And the high winds were from the big weather changes we had the last few days. Three days ago we had a high of 98 degrees here in Las Vegas, and tomorrow the high is supposed to be 69 degrees.
Nice!
I’ve reposted our visit to the Lost in the Fifties Diner and Museum in St. Mary’s, OH.
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Thought for the Day:
Any man who thinks for a half second that he understands a woman, has his timing just about perfect.
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Lost in the Fifties, again…
Originally posted on October 8, 2009
The morning before we left Celina, OH, we went back to “Lost in the Fifties”, a restaurant in nearby St. Mary’s
But as I mentioned, this place also has a great 50’s memorabilia museum, with a lot of stuff that you don’t expect to find in a small town.
Like…
This was Elvis’ leathers and motorcycle used in his film “Roustabout”, filmed in 1964.
And…
This was one of the outfits that Elvis wore during his very last tour in June of 1977.
And here is the outfit that he wore for one of his album covers.
And this is the album cover.
And here is one of Elvis’ 3 pink Cadillac’s.
According to the placard, this was the 2nd one he bought. The first one was a 1954 model. Then he bought this one in 1955. But after driving it for a while he discovered it didn’t have air conditioning, so he traded it back to the dealer for one that did have AC.
The 3rd one is the one that’s on display at Graceland.
The only thing I can figure out is that he bought this one in the winter, and then didn’t try the AC until spring.
Here’s one of Elvis’ Army uniforms, complete with his Army Commendation Award papers and his promotion to Sergeant paperwork.
And the museum has other celebrity outfits too.
Here’s James Dean’s jacket from “Rebel Without A Cause”.
And here’s an outfit worn by Dale Evans.
And they even have their own Elvis.
This is Elvis Aaron Presley, Jr. And if you check out his link, you’ll find that he has been acknowledged as the son of Elvis Presley, both in Elvis’s will and a DNA test.
He’s performed all over the country, including Vegas. Unfortunately we didn’t get to see him though.
The museum has a number of exhibits, but I’ve just given you the highlights, but it’s a big place and very interesting to browse thru.
More tomorrow…
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Happy Mother’s Day !
