Our Last Three Weeks of 2019 In Pahrump

Hi there, welcome back to our story. Our last chapter concluded on Thursday, December 5^th while we were still in our hometown of Pahrump. Friday we left the coach early, about 9:30, and drove over the hill to Las Vegas so Jackie could

get the MRI that the neurologist she saw ordered. This is all still in connection with the fall Jackie took back in January where she hit the back of her head. She is still getting headaches all the time. We were done with the MRI about 11:30, and, of course, the results wouldn't be available for a week or so. We stopped at a place called Distil, a Vegas chain of restaurants with an interesting and fun menu, and had lunch. After lunch we drove to a nearby Costco and did some shopping. Once we were done with Costco we headed back over the hill, getting back to the coach about 4:30. We were both a little tired and I wasn't feeling 100 percent. On Thursday I had a bout of chills in the afternoon and a slight fever, but after taking some ibuprofen it went away. I once again had a low grade fever and was just tired. We decided to forgo the Friday happy hour at the clubhouse and the Christmas singalong that was to follow. We watched TV and went to bed.

Saturday I woke up feeling worse and was fighting a fever all day. By mid-afternoon I was throwing up and feeling really bad. I went to bed about 6:30 for the night. I threw up a few mores times along with a couple of dozen bathroom trips, but when I woke up on Sunday the nausea was mostly gone. I still had a light fever and didn't feel too good, but I was pretty sure I was on the backside of whatever I had caught. We stayed home all day, waiting for the predicted rain which finally showed up about 7:00. The rain was very light. We spent the day and evening watching TV, including re-watching the old 1980 Stephen King thriller, The Shining. We wanted to see it again because the new movie out, Dr. Sleep, is a sequel to it. We went to bed at our normal time and I had no nausea episodes all day. Even had some chicken soup.

Monday, December 9^th, I woke up a new person! No fever, no sickies, just hungry. Although I felt great, sadly, Jackie was now complaining of feeling yukky. Oh dear, I shared my sickies. She did throw up a couple of times mid day, but late afternoon and evening she was just feeling poorly. Fortunately, she was not showing any fever, so I thought she only got a light case. Needless to say, we didn't do anything today either. I did go out after lunch by myself and went to the UPS store to pick up some mail and packages we got on Friday. Other than that we just stayed home, rested some more and worked on getting better. Tuesday Jackie was feeling OK again, so we were both healthy! Yea! We went out after lunch and ran a couple of errands, stopping by the Escapees RV park to see if we moved up on the list. We are still number 19, but there are supposed to be three openings coming up in the near future. We had some hamburgers on the grill for dinner, and watched TV until bedtime. I did contact the dermatologist's office and learned that the mole they cut out last Monday was benign, so no further treatment needed. Yea!

Wednesday, December 11^th, I left the RV park about 10:00 and drove to the DMV office to renew my drivers license, which expires this coming February. I had expected a long wait, but was surprised that there were very few people there. From the time I went in until I had my temp in hand walking out it was 30 minutes. Try that in California. However, there was one thing that happened that kind of astounded me and renewed my faith in the ability of a bureaucracy to operate beyond the limits of logic and common sense. As with all states, Nevada has had to come up with a process to issue what the Federal Government has labeled a “Real ID” card/drivers license. This is supposed to be a card issued based on verified documentary evidence of a persons identity and nationality. At least for now the only use for it, other than as a regular drivers license or state issued ID card, is that it can be used as the sole ID to board a domestic airline flight. It is not sufficient for international travel, not even Mexico and Canada.

A couple of years ago the Nevada legislature amended the various statutes and the state now gives you the option when getting your first Nevada drivers license, or renewing a Nevada drivers license, to opt for either a regular drivers license or the new, enhanced “Real ID” one. Now I have a passport and have for 30 years, so I don't really need a card to fly domestically, a passport works too. Not that I fly anyway, haven't been on a plane in 20 years. However, I figured that since it didn't cost any more than a regular license I would go ahead and get the enhanced one. I had my birth certificate and documents to prove my residency and social security number, all in accordance with what I read in the statutes. I give my paperwork to the lady, she looks at the birth certificate, then looks at the Federal 10-99 I presented to prove my Social Security number, and said, “sorry, these documents aren't acceptable because you are a “Sr.” but your birth certificate doesn't say “Sr.” I was so shocked I just stared at her for a bit before I asked, “how would that be possible?” She told me that she didn't know, she just knew that the “book” said that the name had to be exactly the same and having Sr. after my last name on the other documents meant that it didn't match the birth certificate. I asked a couple of more questions about how my mother could possibly have known in 1947 that I would name my son Roy Jr. in 1974 so she should put Sr. on my birth certificate, but all I got was an expression of “I don't care, I don't make the rules, I only look at the papers.” Now, I didn't have my passport in my possession because I just applied to renew it and to do that you have to send the current passport with the application. Since I didn't need the damn enhanced card anyway, I just gave up and got a regular drivers license. Bureaucrats!

After my fun at the DMV I went back home, then we went out again about 12:30 and had lunch at the Red Sky BBQ place. We love their ribs and always get the full rack so we have ribs to take home. After lunch we ran a few errands and then went back to the coach. We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening at home.  One interesting thing we saw is just down the street from the RV park there were four wild horses hanging around on the street and in the yards of some of the houses.  My guess is that they came down from the foothills because of the cold weather and snow, and found they liked the bushes and grass in the yards.  They didn't seem to be especially spooked by people or cars, but we saw either them, or the evidence of them (HUGE piles of poop) for the next week or so.  The RV park is right at the edge of the undeveloped desert, so they weren't far from their regular environment.

Thursday, December 12^th, we left the coach about 10:30 and drove to the South Pointe Casino in Las Vegas to see a movie. We went to see Knives Out, the new “whodunit” with Jamie Lee Curtis, Danial Craig, and several other bit stars. It was an excellent mystery comedy, one of the best movies I have seen in several years. Right up there with the classics like Clue, Murder by Death, and the Pink Panther. After the movie we stayed and gamed for a little while. The place was VERY busy as the National Finals Rodeo is in town and the place was filled with folks in western wear. Haven't seen that many cowboy hats in one place in a long time. We both lost our $20, so we headed out for Pahrump. Although we have been to this casino a number of times because it is the closest movie theater, we never noticed until this trip that the parking garage has electric car charging stations. They are on the other side of the garage from where we normally park, but because the place was so busy we had to go over there. They are high speed stations, so we plugged in and when we came out three hours later the car was fully charged and ready to go. Yea, free miles. After we got home we had leftover ribs for dinner, then went down for poker at the clubhouse. Jackie had a good night, about five dollars up, I was about the same in the other direction. Still had fun though. After cards we went home, watched a little TV and went to bed.

Friday, December 13^th, we went out after lunch to run a couple of errands. We did a Walmart run, then went back to the coach and relaxed for a while. About 6:00 we went down to the clubhouse for karaoke. It was about a seven person rotation until towards the end of the evening, so I got to do a lot of songs. Most of the singers were pretty good and we had a great time listening and visiting with friends. After karaoke we went back to the coach, watched a little TV and went to bed. Saturday we went out after lunch and did a few errands. About 5:30 we left and went to Terrible's Roadhouse Casino for dinner. They have really good daily specials. We met Dick and Millie Duffin and had a great dinner. Tonight's special was prime rib and it was pretty good. After dinner we gamed for a half hour or so, then went home and watched TV until bedtime.

Sunday, December 15^th, we had a stay at home day. I did leave and drive down to the quickie market for a newspaper. We had a relaxing morning with the paper, and did some chores in the afternoon. Monday we were out of the coach about 9:30, heading back to Las Vegas so Jackie could go see her neurologist one last time before we left Nevada. We got in to see the doctor, actually a PA, and she went over the results of Jackie's MRI. There were no abnormalities detected in the scan at all, except for one very small, old calcified benign growth. No evidence of scarring, stroke, bruising, or anything else. The doctor told her it could take up to two years or more for all the issues from her fall to completely go away. She renewed her prescriptions, the one of which she takes at night seems to help. After the doctor we stopped at the Lazy Dog restaurant for lunch, a great lunch by the way, then headed back over the hill to Pahrump. On the way back home we stopped and took a picture of a Yucca plant on the side of Highway 160 just outside the Pahrump town limits.  Someone had decorated it for Christmas, complete with lights. We relaxed for a bit and then went down to the clubhouse at 6:30 for poker. Jackie did well, winning about eight bucks, I lost two. We then went back to the coach and relaxed with the TV until bedtime.

Tuesday, December 17^th, my brother Russ and his wife Zen drove up from their home in Las Vegas for a visit. He knew that we were leaving in a few days and wanted to visit before we left. We sat and talked for a couple of hours, then the four of us drove down to the Lakeside Casino cafe for lunch. We had a great lunch, then drove around a little bit. We took Russ and Zen over to the Escapee's RV Park so they could see where we were trying to get a permanent place. We then went back to the coach and sat around and talked until about 4:00. Russ and Zen left to drive back home and we spent the rest of the evening in the coach.

Wednesday, December 18^th, we went out after lunch and ran a couple of errands. After we got back to the coach we stayed in, did a few chores, and relaxed for the rest of the day. Thursday we left the coach about 12:30 and went to Chat Thai, our favorite Thai restaurant here in town, for lunch. I had what they called Sake Shrimp and noodles. It was sauteed shrimp in a coconut milk sauce with peppers, scallions, pineapple, mushrooms all over skinny egg noodles. It was the best Asian dish I have ever had! Jackie had Pad Thai, which she has had before, but today she said it was bland and the chicken was tough and overcooked. She didn't enjoy her meal, but I sure did mine. After lunch we did a couple of errands and then went back to the coach. We relaxed until about 6:30 then went down for our last session of Texas Hold'em for a while. We didn't have a stellar night, Jackie was down about nine dollars and I lost four. But we had fun. After cards we went back to the coach, watched a little TV and went to bed.

Friday, December 20^th, was mostly a chores day. I spent a couple of hours outside taking down the screens and putting stuff away in preparation for our travel tomorrow. This is our last day in Pahrump. After lunch we did a mail run and then went back to the coach and did some more chores. At 5:30 we went down to the clubhouse for karaoke. Most of our friends were there and the rotation was short enough that I got to do about 10 songs, some with other singers. It was a great night and by a little after 9:00 we were back in the coach and watching TV. Saturday was a travel day. We were on the road by 10:00, headed south towards Hesperia, California. Our ultimate goal is Indio on Sunday, but we always stop in Hesperia on the way. We stopped for lunch at the Mad Greek restaurant in Baker, then headed to the Hesperia Elks Lodge. We arrived at the lodge about 3:00 and got parked. We are only overnighting here, so we didn't unhook the car or do much setting up. After we got set up we just relaxed for the rest of the day.

Sunday, December 21^st, we left Hesperia about 10:30 and headed for Indio. Traffic was pretty heavy, but except for some brief periods of wind the weather was OK. We arrived at the Indian Waters RV Resort about 1:00, got checked in and parked. It has been a couple of years since we stayed here at Indian Waters. It is owned by the same company that has Wine Ridge in Pahrump, but because of the Coachella Valley location the rates are quite a bit higher. We got parked and the basics set up, then left and went to lunch at one of our local taquerias. After lunch we went back to the coach and finished getting set up. We spent the rest of the day and evening in the coach. Normally I close out a day's entry when we go to bed, but I need to add an addendum to this evening. About 2:30 I got up to go to the bathroom and while there I heard a strange bump. When I went into the living room I saw Benji lying on the floor by my chair. He has been getting progressively worse for the last month, losing weight and having trouble breathing. The vet visit a while back didn't help any, so we have been feeding him a liquid diet and trying to just make him comfortable. We knew he was dying, but he seemed to be dealing with it and did not appear to be in pain. As I watched he gave out one last meow, trembled a little, and then lay still. It broke my heart to watch our little fur kid die, but at least I don't have to worry if he is hurting now. I wrapped him up and put him in his bed one last time.

Monday, December 23^rd, when I woke up I made some phone calls and found a nearby veterinary clinic which would take Benji and arrange for a cremation at a reasonable cost. About 11:00 we left and took Benji in and said goodbye. Like Fuzzy and Smokey before him, we were not going to get Benji's ashes back, we just wanted a respectful disposal of the body. After sending Benji off we went to La Casita Mexican restaurant to meet Jackie's Godson Shane Ryan for lunch. Shane is now 25 years old and lives and works in the Coachella Valley. He is about 6 foot 4 with lots of tattoos, but he is still the same well spoken, polite Shane we know. We had a great lunch, catching up with what is going on in his life. He hasn't had it easy because he has Type 1 diabetes and has struggled to stay healthy. After a nice lunch we went to Walmart for some things, then went back to the coach. We spent the rest of the day and evening in the coach.

It has been about three weeks since we last published and we will be here in the Coachella Valley for about three weeks, so this is a good place to close out this episode and get it published. Until next time, ponder the words of author John Grogan. “Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them.” See ya soon.

Another Three Weeks at Home in Pahrump

Hello again. Our last episode ended on Tuesday, November 12^th while we were parked at the Wine Ridge RV Resort in Pahrump, Nevada. Regular readers and friends will know that Pahrump is our official “home” even though we are full time travelers. Wednesday was mostly a stay at home day. Thursday the RV service guy came by about 9:00 to install the new water heater that I got through Amazon the other day. It took them a couple of hours, but now we have a brand new, non-leaking heater that works on 120 volts again. Yea! About 12:30 we left and went to the medical center so Jackie could see a neurologist. She had an appointment with this doctor on December 12^th, but they called her the other day to say they had an opening today at 1:00. We went in and although Jackie didn't get to see the doctor, she did spent a good half hour with the doctor's PA, doing a pretty thorough workup on what might be going on. The PA scheduled a blood test and said she was going to order an MRI as well. She also prescribed some pills to help her sleep at night. Jackie has had two CT scans, but the PA said the MRI was much more diagnostic. Jackie got her blood drawn right away and she is to keep the 12/12 appointment to discuss the results of the tests. After the doctor we went to Johnny's, a local Mexican restaurant for a late lunch. We then went home and relaxed until 6:30 when we went down to the clubhouse for cards. Jackie was up a dollar and I was up five at the end of the night. We went back to the coach and watched TV until bedtime.

Friday, November 15^th, we went out after lunch to the local community center for the annual holiday craft show. Our friend Linda was one of the exhibitors with her jewelry made from old silverware. After the craft show we picked up our mail and then went to one of the local thrift stores to just look around. We then headed back to the coach and relaxed until after dinner when we went down to the clubhouse for karaoke. There was a very small crowd and only three singers, including me. Not many people listening, but I got to do a few songs I haven't done I a while, which is good practice. By 9:00 we were back in the coach, watched a little TV and went to bed. Saturday we went out about 3:00 and stopped at the Pahrump Nugget Casino for a little gaming. Jackie lost $20, I ended up $30 to the good. After gaming we went to the Red Sky BBQ restaurant and met our friends Len and Debbie Forrest and Millie and Dick Duffin, for dinner. We had ribs, filled up and still had enough left overs for another dinner. After dinner we went to the Elks Lodge for karaoke. Len and Debbie also went, but Millie's knee was acting up so they went home. As usual, the rotation to sing was very long and I only got two songs in. However, most of the singers were good or very good, so it was still an entertaining night. About 8:30 we left, went home and watched a little TV then went to bed.

Sunday, November 17^th, we had a fairly quiet day. We had the Sunday paper with our coffee and in the middle of the afternoon we went out and did a Walmart run. After shopping we returned to the coach and just relaxed for the rest of the day. Monday was also a stay at home day. We did some chores, played cards and watched TV. We didn't even go down to play poker because Jackie was a little under the weather with stomach issues. We did have a nice pot roast for dinner that had been in the crock pot, then watched TV until bedtime. Tuesday we spent the day at home. The first poor weather in the area since we arrived has brought cold winds, low clouds and rain. It is supposed to be snowing at the higher elevations, but we haven't seen the mountains in almost two days. Jackie spent a good part of the day trying to set up some doctor appointments for her head. We did play some cards and watched some TV. Wednesday the weather was still with us and we never left the house. Jackie was finally able to finalize all of her appointments to get her head issues checked out. Going to Vegas for the MRI in a couple weeks and then again a week later to meet with the neurologist.

Thursday the weather was still a little cloudy and cool, but the weather guy assured us the storms will blow out tonight and we will just be cool. We went out about 2:00, stopped at the medical center so Jackie could check on a couple of things, then did a mail run. We then went to the Lakeside Casino for lunch and after lunch a little gaming. I won a $130 on a penny machine after striking out on a couple of poker machines. I ended up $70 to the good. Jackie only lost ten. We went home and a 6:30 went down to the clubhouse for Texas Hold'em. I didn't do well, losing seven. Jackie was down six. Oh well, we had fun. We went back to the coach, watched some TV and went to bed. Friday we left the coach about 3:00 and did some grocery shopping at Walmart and Albertsons, and then picked up our mail. At 5:00 we met Len and Debbie Forrest at the Japanese Steakhouse here in Pahrump called Ohjah. We have heard good things about it and have been talking about going there, so tonight we had our chance. Their specialties are sushi and their hibachi grills. We didn't do the hibachi tonight, but everyone had sushi except me. I like certain limited types of sushi, mostly tuna based, so I had the beef short ribs which were excellent. I also had a couple of pieces of Yellow tail sushi and we shared a tempura calamari appetizer. It was a lot of food, but very good and we plan on going back next trip here. After dinner we stopped at the coach to unload groceries, then went down to the clubhouse for karaoke. We had a good time, many of our karaoke friends were there and the rotation was short enough to get in a half dozen songs. At 9:00 karaoke shut down and we went back to the coach. We watched a little TV and went to bed.

Saturday, November 23^rd, we stayed around the house until about 3:00 when we left and went down to the Escapee's RV Park for a party. Our friend Linda, who moved to the park last year, was doing karaoke and this would be the first time I had a chance to see her new equipment and do music while she was the KJ. It was also a pot luck and there was lots of good food there. It was open to anyone in the park, actually any Escapee from anywhere, and there probably fifty people there. We had a great meal and Linda started the karaoke. There were only four singers, so we all got to do a lot of songs. The party broke up just before 8:00, we helped clean up then went home and watched some TV until bedtime. Sunday I was up early, left about 8:00 and went out to do my annual qualification shoot for my Federal concealed carry permit. After I was finished I went back to the coach and we spent the rest of the morning with coffee and the Sunday paper. After lunch we went to the laundromat and did our laundry. After we got home we put away the clothes, made the bed and relaxed the rest of the day. We had some nice steaks on the grill for dinner, watched some TV and went to bed.

Monday, November 25^th, we went out after lunch to run some errands. Our first stop was a bar and grill called the Pour House, which is located inside of the Best Western Hotel here in town. We have wanted to go here for several years since the restaurant became a well known East Indian food place. I don't care much for Indian food, however I had looked at the menu and noted that they had a lot of regular Western food too. Jackie had the Indian buffet, which was a lot of curries with lamb, goat, and chicken along with some other selections. She really liked the food. I had a pizza, which turned out to be the best pizza I have had here in Pahrump. We had a great lunch and afterwards we went to the Sheriff's Office so I could get my CCW permit renewed and then went to the UPS store to pick up our mail. After that we stopped at the Saddle West Casino and gamed for a little while. We were playing the nickle poker machines and I hit a natural Royal Flush for $200, my first Royal in a number of years. I cashed out my $200 and we went back to the coach. About 6:30 we went down to the clubhouse for cards. I had a really bad night at cards, winning only one hand in the whole two hours, and that was a tie for a split pot. I ended up down $10 and Jackie was up almost that much, so all in all it was an OK day for gambling. We went back to the coach, watched a little TV and went to bed.

Tuesday, November 26^th, we left the coach about 10:30 and drove over the hill to Las Vegas and the South Pointe Casino to see a movie. We saw Ford vs Ferrari, with Matt Damon and Christian Bale. It is based on the true story of race car driver and builder Carroll Shelby (Damon) and his close friend engineer and driver Ken Miles (Bale) as they partnered with Ford Motor Company in the mid 1960's to build what became the Ford GT40 supercar. The reason was to beat Ferrari in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France. Ferrari had dominated the race for decades and Henry Ford II became obsessed with beating the Italians. As a car fan I know that there were a lot of liberties taken with details in the story, it was still basically a true story in the broad sense and was a very good movie. If you like cars and racing I would recommend it. After the movie we stopped so Jackie could get a haircut, then went back over the hill to home where we stayed in for the rest of the evening. Wednesday we had a winter storm move in from California. The wind was blowing really hard all night and we woke up to temps in the high 30's and clouds and by noon it was raining. We didn't get real heavy rain, but it was steady all day until just before we went to bed. We never left the house, just watched some movies, played cards and relaxed.

Thursday, November 28^th, Happy Thanksgiving. The local mountains are all covered in snow, fairly light at the lower elevations, but still pretty. No snow for us, just more rain. Today the RV park is hosting a Thanksgiving dinner pot luck. They provide the turkey and everyone else brings side dishes. Jackie made a big bowl of sweet potatoes. The rain started again about noon and it was still raining when we went down to the clubhouse at 2:30. Again, not a downpour, but still wet. We sat with some of our RVing friends that we know from this park and see every year. The dinner was wonderful and there were about 80 people there according to the park manager Paul. About 5:00 we headed back to the coach, in the rain, and stayed in the rest of the night. Tonight was supposed to be a poker night, but we texted our friends who aren't in the park, and told them that we would not be there because of the weather. The rain finally let up about 8:00 but it was still cold. We spent the rest of the night with the TV.

Friday, November 29^th, it was still cloudy and cold, but the rain seems to have gone away. We went out after lunch to run some errands. We stopped at the Japanese restaurant to get a gift certificate for the couple that puts on the Texas Hold'em games twice a week. Jackie took up a collection from the regular players and got them a $75 certificate. They had mentioned a few weeks ago that they liked the restaurant. We picked up our mail and then did a Walmart run. We really weren't there for the Black Friday stuff and by the time we got there the crowds had

thinned out anyway. We did our shopping and went back to the coach. About 4:30 we went down to the clubhouse for the happy hour pot luck. We were hoping for turkey leftovers, but they had been put in the freezer. However, there were plenty of other things to chose from and we had a pretty decent meal. Normally Friday's are karaoke nights, but tonight the park had booked a local three piece band. Because of the weather they couldn't use the outside stage, so they set up indoors and we were afraid they would be too loud. We were pleasantly surprised that they were actually very good. Lots of classic and soft rock tunes and the guy who normally does karaoke, Bryant, joined them for a few songs playing his saxophone. We ended up staying until the second band break about 8:30. We went back to the coach and watched a little TV until bedtime.

Saturday, November 30^th, we had a stay at home day. Watched a couple of HBO movies, relaxed and enjoyed a quiet, cold, day. Sunday was another movie and relaxation day. Got the Sunday paper in the morning, other than that we stayed in all day. Monday we actually got out of the house for a little bit after lunch. We both went to the dermatologist for our annual skin checks. Jackie had a couple things looked at, but nothing that needed to be removed. I had one suspicious dot on my back that they PA we saw was concerned about, so he cut it out and sent it off to be biopsied. After our doctors appointment we ran a couple of errands. We picked up mail and stopped at the drug store for a couple things. We went back to the coach, had dinner and then went down to the clubhouse for poker. Both of actually won tonight, I was $5 up and Jackie was $3 up. Yea. After cards we went home, watched a little TV and went to bed.

Tuesday, November 3^rd, was mostly a relaxation day. We did go out in the afternoon and do a Walmart run and also stopped at another store for a couple of things. After that we went back to the coach and relaxed with the TV for the rest of the day. Wednesday the rain was back. This wasn't a cold storm like the last one, but it rained a bit more than last time. We even had a little water come in the coach by one of the slides. I need to check the seals. We spent the entire day in the house because of the crappy weather. Thursday we went out to lunch at the China Wok restaurant. Today was a free meal since we were there to listen to a presentation for Medical Air Service Association (MASA) MASA is a program that we bought into in 2007 and once you pay the initial fee it is a lifetime membership. It is not insurance in a legal sense, but it basically covers the cost of any medical transport, ground ambulance, helicopter, or fixed wing. The pay anything not covered by insurance. They have annual sales presentation here in Pahrump and they always invite anyone, even those who are already members. We sat with our friends Dick and Millie Duffin and both they and us are members. At least a third or more of the people at the lunch were members. The presentation runs about 45 minutes, then a great lunch.

After lunch we went to the nail salon. I got a toenail trim, and Jackie got a full pedi. While waiting for her I went to the mail store and picked up mail. After mail I waited for Jackie, then we headed back home for a while. About 6:30 we went down to the clubhouse for cards. Had an OK night, ending up $4 down. Jackie was even for the night. After cards we went home, watched some TV and went to bed.

It has now been three weeks since we last published, so it is about time to get this chapter online. We will be here in Pahrump for two more weeks, so the next time we publish we will probably be in the Indio, California area. Until next time, remember to treasure your best friends. They know how crazy you are and still choose to be seen with you in public. See ya soon.