At Home In Pahrump - Part 2

Hello again, welcome back to our story. Our last chapter concluded on Friday, April 30 while we were enjoying our first few weeks back home on our lot at the Escapee's CO-OP park in Pahrump, Nevada. Saturday, May Day, we left the park about 1:00 and went out to have a late lunch. We went to Ohjah, a Japanese steak house here in Pahrump. The food and service were very good, but it is kind of a high end restaurant, so you don't get as much food as you might expect. I had scallops and they were excellent and served with both soup and salad. Jackie had the special, which was a shrimp and avocado sushi roll. She said it was quite good as well. After lunch we picked up mail and then went back home, thinking we would relax for a bit before karaoke at the Elks. However, we got a call from our friend Debbie Forrest that tonight's session had been canceled. Not sure why, but that left us to relax for the night. We did watch the Kentucky Derby on TV in the late afternoon and it was great to see a sporting event with real people in the stands again. Yea! We had happy hour with Millie and after she left we spent the rest of the evening with the TV.

Sunday, May 2^nd, we had a stay at home day. I did go out in the morning for the Sunday paper, but other than that we stayed at home. We went to the clubhouse at 2:00 for root beer floats. They also had put a jam session on the calendar, but like last week no one showed. We had cocktails with Millie at 5:00, then had some lasagna for dinner. Monday was also a stay at home day. I helped our neighbors assemble a new gazebo they had bought. We bought their old one for our yard a few weeks back. Did a few chores around the house, but basically relaxed. We had cocktails on our own and did some fish on the BBQ for dinner. After dinner we watched some TV and went to bed.

Tuesday, May 4^th, Star Wars Day! (May the Fourth Be With You) We left the park about 11:00 and headed over the hill to Las Vegas to see a movie in a theater for the first time in over a year. Our first stop after getting to Las Vegas was to stop at a restaurant called Distill, which was in Summerlin, on the west side of the valley. This is a local chain with about eight locations in the Vegas area. They have a very interesting menu with some unique dishes and this one makes the third different location we have been to in the last few years. After lunch we went across the street to the Red Rock Casino which had a Regal theater inside of it. We were about an hour early so we did a little gaming while waiting for the movie time. I lost about $20 and Jackie lost $10, but we had fun for an hour. After gaming we went into the theater and saw the movie Nomadland. This was a surprise winner at the Oscars this year, both best picture and best actor prizes. The movie starred Francis McDermand, but had very few other professional actors. The movie was about the people who call themselves Nomads, living in small trailers and vans, mostly off the grid and just going from place to place and working when they can. They are full time Rvers like we are, but with a lot less income and a lot less RV. I would put them somewhere between homeless and Full Time Rvers. There were a lot of locations in the movie that we have been to, including Quartzsite, which has a lot of screen time, and several areas in the Dakotas, like Wall Drug and some of the National Parks up there. Almost all of the characters in the movie were actual Nomads playing themselves and it was an excellent movie. It was somewhere between a drama and a documentary. After the movie we headed back over the hill, getting home about 6:30, and relaxed in the coach for the rest of the evening.

Wednesday, May 5^th, Feliz Cinco de Mayo! We left the park with Millie and drove to Johnny's Mexican restaurant for a nice Mexican meal. They were not as busy as we thought they might be, but service was still a bit slow. The food, however, was great and we had a nice meal. After lunch we stopped at a Family Dollar store because Millie needed some things. We then stopped and picked up our mail before heading back to the park. We did find a few new members for our Flamingo family at the Family Dollar. We also got a nice new garden flag from Suzie Babcock in the mail. It is a light blue flag with some flamingos on it and it is personalized with “The Holts” which is really cool. We spent the rest of the day in the coach doing some chores and relaxing.

Thursday, May 6^th, we left the coach about 1:30 and went into town to do our laundry. After the laundry was done we stopped and picked up mail, then headed back the RV park. After we got everything put away we relaxed for a while. Millie and her son Gordon came over for a late happy hour visit. Gordon had flown in from Utah today because he was pretty sure he had a buyer on the hook for Millie's motor home, which she is selling because she has no intention of traveling. She has relocated to a large trailer on her lot. These buyers flew into Las Vegas this morning from the East Coast just to see the motor home, so they are certainly committed. They won't make a final decision until tomorrow. After Millie and Gordon left we had dinner, then watched TV until bedtime. Friday we went out after lunch to run some errands. We stopped at Home Depot to price some stuff, then stopped at the community center to walk around the annual craft show. After that we did a Walmart run and then went back to the RV park. We put everything away and relaxed for a bit, then Jackie did a nice Chinese meal for us and Millie. It had been planned previously, but became a celebration event because Millie had closed the deal on her RV and they were coming back in a couple of weeks to pick it up. We had a great meal, with some ice cream for dessert, and after Millie left we relaxed with the TV until bedtime.

Friday, May 8^th, we went out about 1:30 for a late lunch at the Pour House, which, despite it's name, is an Indian restaurant. Jackie likes Indian food, me not so much. However, they also make a killer pizza, so it's win win for both of us. We had a great lunch then went home and relaxed for a while. About 5:00 we left and went to the Elks Lodge for karaoke. Our friends Len and Debbie were not there, Len was having a reaction to his second Covid shot. Tom and Phyllis were there as were most of the rest of the regulars. I got to do the usual four songs and we were done about quarter to nine. After we got home we watched a little TV then went to bed. Sunday was a stay at home day except for going out in the morning for the paper. We did a few chores and just relaxed for the day. We had a pot roast for dinner which had been cooking all day in the crock pot. After dinner we watched TV and then went to bed.

Monday, May 10^th, we went out to lunch with Millie to the Mountain Falls Country Club restaurant about 11:00. Today was the monthly “dine out” with the members of the Escapees chapter here in Pahrump. There were three tables full of people, the biggest crowd we have seen yet at one of these. We had a nice lunch and some nice conversations with other people who live in the park. After lunch we went back to the RV park and I did some chores around the coach. We had happy hour at 5:00 but didn't have any formal dinner since we were full from lunch. We watched some TV and went to bed. Tuesday we left the coach about 10:30 and went to the dentist. In January we changed our medical insurance to a plan offered by the Arizona retirement systems since it was much less expensive than what we had. We were also able to sign up for a dental insurance plan, the first one we have had since we retired. Other than for a couple of minor emergencies like a chipped tooth or loose crown, we have not been to a dentist in the States in about 14 years. We have had all our work done in Algodones, Mexico, outside of Yuma. With the new insurance the amount we actually pay is in line with what we were paying in Mexico, so we can now go when it is convenient, rather than once a year when we are in Yuma. We both had exams and x-rays and Jackie has no issues. I have a couple of things, a tooth with a broken root that needs to come out, some modifications to my dentures, and a new crown. All of that is scheduled for September when we come back. Jackie didn't get her cleaning as the office was way behind and after a 90 minute wait Jackie said she was leaving. They gave her another appointment for tomorrow. After the dentist we went home. Our friend Tom Howell came over with his pick up truck and took me to Home Depot so I could pick up the new lattice material for our patio. It comes in 4x8 sheets that wouldn't fit in our car. After we got back I did a few chores and we relaxed. We had cocktails with Millie and then had leftovers for dinner. We watched some TV in the evening and went to bed

Wednesday, May 12^th, we went back to the dentist for Jackie's cleaning about 11:00. This time she was done in a little over an hour. After the dentist we went to Mom's Cafe, a local favorite, for lunch. After lunch we picked up our mail then went back to the RV park. I spent about three hours in the patio installing part of the new panels of plastic matrix. I got the two large windows on the West side cut and fitted in, as well as the smaller panel between them. It was getting hot, so I quit for the day. I still have four panels to cut and fit, then I have to put the trim pieces back on. I should have the project done, except for painting, by the end of the weekend. Yea! We had Millie over for cocktails, but inside because the patio is “closed for construction” at the moment. After Millie left we had a light dinner, then watched TV until bedtime.

Thursday we picked up Millie about 10:30 and drove to the China Wok buffet for another MASA presentation. It is a sales pitch for an emergency services insurance plan that we joined as lifetime members in 2007. However, they always invite current members to come to the presentations and they provide a free lunch, so here we are. After the presentation we went to a local nursery because Millie and Jackie were both looking for plants to use a decorations. We didn't find anything they wanted. Then we stopped at a Family Dollar store because Millie likes to shop there and needed some things. We then went back to the coach. Since it was close to 3:00 when we got home I decided to not do any work on the patio today. We didn't have any happy hour, although we did have our 5:00 cocktails in the house since the patio is under construction. We didn't have any dinner because of the big lunch and spent the rest of the evening with the TV.

Friday was a stay at home day. I started working again on replacing the lattice in the patio area about 9:30 and quit about 2:30. All of the new lattice is cut and mounted in the window frames. The hard work is pretty much done. On Sunday I will remount the trim pieces on the inside of the frames and the project will be done except for some paint. We have to get the paint from the CO-OP office since the sheds belong to them they control the color and type of paint. We spent the rest of the day inside, having dinner on our own and watching TV until it was time for bed. Saturday we left the park about 1:00 and went to Red Sky BBQ for a late lunch. As usual, we both had baby backs, with enough left over to take home for dinner tomorrow. After lunch we did a quick stop at Home Depot to pick up a few things I need to finish the patio project, then picked up our mail. We then went home and relaxed for a couple of hours. At 5:00 we left and went to the Elks for karaoke. Our friends Tom and Phyllis, and Len and Debbie were there. So were a lot of other people, with the biggest crowd we have seen yet this season. I got to do three songs and Jackie got to sit at the bar, visit with people and gamble. We left a little after nine, went home, watched an hour or so of TV and went to bed.

Sunday, May 16^th, was a stay at home day. I went out in the morning for the Sunday paper which we read with our coffee. After lunch I spent a couple of hours working on the patio project. I finished putting all the inside molding back on the windows and now the only thing left is a little Spackle and paint. After I finished that project I relaxed for the rest of the day. We had cocktails with Millie and then had our leftover ribs from Saturday for dinner. After dinner we watched some TV and went to bed. Monday we left the coach about 2:30 and went to the Ophthalmologist for a check up on my eyes. For the last six or seven years I have had an issue with viscous floaters, mostly in my right eye. The last time I went for a checkup on my eye health was five years ago. Floaters can be a sign of retinal issues, but not always. The doctor gave me a good checkup and told me the floaters were still there, both eyes but more in the right. There was no sign of any retinal problems like bleeding or detachment, and, although I do have cataracts developing, he said they are still mild and don't need any attention right now. After the eye doctor we went home and I spent the rest of the day inside because he dilated my eyes and I couldn't go out in the daylight without discomfort. We had dinner and then watched TV until bedtime.

Tuesday, May 18^th, we went out after lunch to run some errands. We did a Walmart run and picked up mail, then stopped by the bank for a bit. After our errands we headed back to the park where we relaxed for the rest of the afternoon. We had cocktails with Millie at 5:00, then I did some spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. After dinner we watched TV and then went to bed. Wednesday we left the park about 10:00 and went to the Intermountain medical facility to see our GP doctor for our annual physicals. We had the wrong time on our calendar and arrived an hour early, but it worked out as the doctor was called to come to an early afternoon meeting and was canceling any appointments who had not yet arrived. They actually managed to get us in a little early so we don't have to come back. Kismet. Both of us went through the routine exams, tests and questions and the doc reviewed our labs. Both of us are in pretty decent health for our age and the doctor wasn't upset or concerned about anything. We got our prescriptions renewed for the year and hopefully won't need to come back until next Spring. After the doctor's visit we went to the new winery in town, Artesian Cellars, for lunch. Jackie had eaten there with Peggy a month or so back, but I have never been there. We both had a nice roast beef paninni and a glass of wine and enjoyed the lunch. They have a very limited menu, especially for my tastes, but the sandwich I did have was excellent and we will probably be back, just not too often. After lunch we headed back to the RV park and stayed in the rest of the day. We had cocktails with Millie and then did some fish on the BBQ for dinner. After dinner we watched some TV and went to bed.

Thursday, we left about 11:30 and went to nail place to have our toes done. Jackie gets a full pedi, I get a trim. After our nails we went next door to the Thai place we like, Chatthai, but it was closed. The note on the door just said they were closed for a while. It is a family owned and operated place, so likely some family thing. We then went to a Chinese restaurant called simply China. The restaurant has been there for a couple years, but we never have made it there. Turns out the food and service are pretty good. Great food and plenty of it, just the way I like it. After lunch we went to Smith's to pick up a couple of things, then headed back home. We spent the rest of the afternoon in the coach. For happy hour we drove over to Millie's because her son and daughter in law were there for an overnight visit. We had met Gordon a couple of times in the past, most recently about a month ago when he came to help Millie sell her motor home. After cocktails we went back home and had leftovers for dinner, then watched TV until bedtime.

We are now a little over three weeks with this chapter, so it is time to close it out and get it published. Until next time, remember that a friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are. Stay safe and see ya soon.

At Home In Pahrump - Part 1

Hi there, welcome back. Our last chapter concluded on Thursday, April 8^th, when we arrived back home at our lot in the Escapee's Park in Pahrump, Nevada. Peggy, who is traveling with us for a while, was able to get one of the rental lots at the park and will be here a few weeks.

Friday, April 9^th, I spent a few hours in the morning working on setting up decorations and stuff around our lot. We went out for a late lunch to the Chatthai restaurant. Peggy, who had taken a fall on Tuesday when we were leaving Yuma, was still hurting, so after lunch we dropped her off at the urgent care so she could get looked at. I went back later and picked here up and took her back to her coach. Nothing broken, just sore. We spent the evening with the TV and then went to bed. Saturday was also a set up day, I put out the decorative lights around the lot and pretty much finished setting up the outside stuff. We did a Walmart run in the afternoon, then came back and had a pork loin for dinner. After Peggy left we spent the rest of the night with the TV.

Sunday, April 11^th, was a stay at home day except for me going out in the morning for the newspaper. We got some chores done and generally relaxed around the house. We had green chili with rice and beans for dinner, using the leftover pork from last night. After Peggy left we watched some TV and went to bed. Monday we left the coach about 11:00 and went to the Mountain Falls Country Club with Millie and Peggy for lunch. This was the monthly dine out with the Lucky Rollers Escapee Chapter, which is a separate club from the Pair-a-Dice RV park, although most of the members are also residents. We had a very nice lunch, then went back to the park. We relaxed for the rest of the day and I also did a few small chores. We had happy hour with Millie and Peggy, but didn't do any dinner because of the big lunch. After happy hour we watched TV and then went to bed.

Tuesday, April 13^th, Jackie and I went out about 2:00 so Jackie could get a pedi. I also got my toenails trimmed. Peggy was supposed to go with us, but she hurt her foot this morning and didn't want to go with an open wound. After the nail appointment we picked up our mail and did a quick Walmart run before returning back to the ranch. We had cocktails with Peggy, Millie had another engagement. After happy hour we did some steaks on the BBQ for dinner. After Peggy left we watched some TV and then went to bed. Wednesday was pretty much a stay at home day. We did go out in the late afternoon to pick up our mail. We also stopped at the used appliance store near the park to look again for a refrigerator for the shed. We found a really nice looking, nearly new, 18 cubic foot Whirlpool top freezer for $350, basically half price. It was another $50 for delivery, since we couldn't fit it in Maxie. It will be delivered at the end of the week. We had happy hour with our little group at 5:00 and then dinner with us and Peggy. We did some hamburgers on the grill and had them with coleslaw on the side. After Peggy left we spent the night with the TV.

Thursday, April 15^th, was supposed to be tax day, but because of the plague the government put it off for another month. Not that it matters much to us, we filed and got our refund over a month ago. Today was pretty much a stay at home day. I did the paperwork for out planned improvement projects, including a patio slab, landscaping the front yard, and doing some repairs to the covered patio. I got them submitted to the park for approval by the various committees. We had cocktails at our place, but then went over to Peggy's for dinner. She made her penne pasta dish, which was wonderful. After dinner we went back to our place and watched TV until bedtime. Friday we left the coach about 10:30 with both Millie and Peggy, and drove to the China Wok Buffet for lunch and a presentation by the Medical Air Transport Services (MASA) representative. MASA is a company along the lines of an insurance company, but legally different. They are intended to provide payment to any sort of emergency medical transport, ground ambulance, helicopter ambulance, fixed wing ambulance travel for long distances. They also are supposed to provide assistance when you are hospitalized away from home, like returning your RV and car, transporting next of kin, that sort of stuff. The program for seniors is a one-time purchase, which provides coverage for life. We bought our coverage in 2007, shortly after starting our full time lifestyle. Whenever they put on these presentations they always invite existing members as well as new people. We particularly wanted to go today because after 14 years we were disappointed in the way MASA handled Millie's affairs in Yuma when her husband Dick died in the hospital of Covid. They didn't do a thing for her, none of the things we always assumed the program would do. After the presentation we brought up these issues with Chuck, the representative we have known for years, and both he and the other representative that was there, seemed to be genuinely shocked at what happened. They talked to Millie and promised to look into the matter to see why things went the way they did. Now we will just have to wait and see. We did get a nice Chinese buffet lunch after the presentation. After lunch we headed back to the RV park because our new, at least to us, refrigerator was scheduled to be delivered. They showed up about 2:30, unloaded the fridge and put it in the shed for us. Looking more closely at it, it is clear that it is essentially a brand new fridge that was “scratch and dent” sidelined. There were deep scratches on both the left and right side of the cabinet that most people who buy new would reject. For us it is a spare fridge in the shed, we really don't care as long as it works. We are very happy with it. We did have happy hour with the four of us and Belle, but no dinner because of the big lunch. After Millie and Peggy left we spent the rest of the evening with the TV.

Saturday, April 17^th, we went out about 1:00 with Peggy for a late lunch at Red Sky, our favorite BBQ restaurant. We had a great meal of baby back ribs with leftovers sufficient for another meal later. After lunch we picked up our mail and then headed back to the RV park. We relaxed for a couple of hours and then Jackie and I went to the Elks Lodge about 5:30 for karaoke. Our friends Len and Debbie were there and the rotation was a little smaller than it was back in the Fall of last year. I got to do four songs and we got out just before 9:00. After karaoke we went home, watched a little TV and then went to bed. Sunday I went out in the morning and got a paper and we relaxed for a while. In the mid-afternoon we took a drive to the Home Depot store to look at BBQ grills. We have had a very nice, but small, portable Weber BBQ in the coach since 2006. It was set up many years ago to work off of the large internal propane tank of the coach so I didn't have to deal with the little one pound propane cylinders. We wanted a full size BBQ for the lot since we will be spending longer periods of time there. We ended up with a very nice, and very large, BBQ that has four regular burners, a special searing burner, and a stove type side burner. Since it came broken down in a box, it fit in the car, so we brought it home and I spent a couple of hours putting it together. Now we will be able to easily cook for more than just two people when necessary. We had cocktails with the group and then we and Peggy had leftover ribs for dinner. After Peggy left we relaxed with the TV until bedtime.

Monday, April 19^th, I had a committee meeting in the morning that lasted a couple of hours. This morning the renters that had been on the lot next to ours left and Peggy made arrangements with the office to move over to that lot to be closer to us. I helped her get packed up and then set up again when she moved. We spent the rest of the afternoon in the coach. We had happy hour with the group, but Jackie and I had dinner on our own. After dinner we watched some TV and went to bed. We did get approval today for our projects on our lot, including the concrete slab and some landscaping work. Tuesday we were up early and out the door by 8:30, going to get our annual blood tests done. We have doctor's appointments for our checkup and prescription renewals in a few weeks and needed to get the testing done. After our tests we drove to Johnny's, a Mexican restaurant here in town. Peggy met us there and while we were there our friend Len came in. We had also seen him earlier at the medical center waiting to go in for an MRI on his hip. He came and sat with the three of us and we all had breakfast. After eating we went back home, then in the afternoon we took Peggy and did a Walmart run and picked up our mail. After Walmart we went back home and relaxed for the rest of the afternoon. We had cocktails with the group and then we and Peggy had dinner. We had a pizza that we had bought at Walmart. After Peggy left we watched TV and went to bed.

Wednesday, April 21^st, I drove Jackie to her eye doctor about 10:30 for a followup to her cataract surgery from last year as well as an issue with dry eye. The doctor said her vision was perfect and gave her a prescription for a drops to treat the dry eye issue. After the doctor we went home and then Jackie and Peggy left to go to lunch at a place here in Pahrump called Artisan Cellars, a winery themed restaurant. I stayed home and did a few chores around the coach. After lunch Jackie went to Walgreens to pick up her prescription and called me because she was in shock. It turns out that the medicine she was prescribed had a co-pay of $105 and a retail price of almost $2,800!! She got the meds, but I don't know how the average middle class person without good insurance could possibly afford those prices. After Jackie got home we relaxed for bit, then had happy hour with Peggy. Millie was busy with other stuff. After happy hour we did some fish on the new BBQ for dinner. After Peggy left we watched some TV and went to bed.

Thursday, April 22^nd, we were going to have a stay at home day, but after lunch we decided to go out and run some errands. We stopped at a jewelry store to drop off a ring, picked up our mail, and checked on one of geocaches which had recently had some Did Not Find (DNF) reports. The cache was where we had placed it, the cachers just didn't find it. After our errands we decided to go to one of the local casinos, the Pahrump Nugget, for a little gaming. Other than Jackie at the Elks Lodge while I did karaoke, this would be our first gambling since coming back to Pahrump. I was playing deuces wild on a nickel triple play poker machine and after a half hour or so I hit a natural royal flush for $200! Yea. About five minutes later I hit four deuces for another $50. At that time I was still playing with my original stake of $20. After about 15 minutes I used up my original stake and cashed out the $250. Jackie, who was playing the same game then cashed out with over $60. We were happy and celebrating our wins and got back in the car to head for home. That is when Jackie realized she didn't have her wallet in her purse. Yikes. Panic time. We went back in the casino and walked around all the area that Jackie was in, which wasn't really that much, just three machines in the same general area. No wallet. She tried security and the players club desk, but no one had turned it in. She gave one of the security guards that had been helping us our business card and we sadly went back to the car to drive home and start calling credit card companies. Half way home the phone rings and it is the security guard telling her that they had her wallet and it seemed to have everything still in it. We turned around and headed back and Jackie picked up the wallet. It did, indeed, have everything in it, including some cash. The guard said a lady turned it in saying she found it on the floor next to a machine she was playing. Jackie tipped the guard $20 and we headed back home, happy again!!! We had happy hour with our little group and then we and Peggy did some burgers on the BBQ. After Peggy left we watched TV and then went to bed.

Friday, April 23^rd, we did have a stay at home day. I did some chores and maintenance work around the coach and spent some time practicing guitar and playing games. We had happy hour with the group and after happy hour we had a meat loaf for dinner at our place. After Peggy left we watched some TV and went to bed. Saturday we left the coach, with Peggy, about 1:00 and drove to Terrible's Roadhouse casino for a late lunch. On the way we stopped at Millie's to meet her son Chris and his wife, who came for the day to pick up some of the stuff Millie is trying to clear out of her motor home and take it back to Utah. We got to the Moonshiner cafe in the casino and all three of us had the liver and onions, which is really good here. After lunch we went back to the RV park and relaxed for the rest of the afternoon. Jackie and I left again about 5:00 and drove to the Elks for karaoke. Our friends Len and Debbie were there, and our other good friends Tom and Phyllis were also back from their trip to Florida. We have not seen them since we left Pahrump in December. We had a great time at karaoke, got to do four songs, and we were on our way back home by 9:00. We watched a little TV and then went to bed.

Sunday, April 25^th, we had a stay at home day. I went out in the morning for a paper and then spent a little time in the morning getting a crock pot full of chili colorado ready to cook. We did a few chores and went over to the clubhouse at 2:00 for root beer floats and what was supposed to be a jam session, but no one else showed up. We had our floats and went home. We did go over to see Millie's new “home”, a large trailer that her son bought in Florida and had shipped out here. It is 40 feet long and very nice inside and out. I think Millie will be very happy. Now, she just has to sell her motor home. We had happy hour with the group and then Peggy and us had chili colorado for dinner, along with rice and beans. A very nice dinner, and sadly, the last with Peggy for while as she has decided she needs to head home to help with the efforts to sell the house in Mineral. She will be leaving in the morning. After Peggy left we watched some TV and went to bed.

Monday, April 26^th, I was up about 7:30 and helping Peggy get unhooked, packed up and ready to travel. She was on the road by 8:00, heading to Mineral, California with a few stops along the way. About noon one of the concrete contractors I had called came out to give us a bid on the concrete slab we want to put on our lot between the coach and our shed and front yard. The good news is that he estimated it would be around $2,000, a little less than I had anticipated. The bad news is that he is backed up at least 8 weeks, which means he couldn't get it done before we leave for the summer in June. I have another coming out on Wednesday. The rest of the day was pretty much stay at home. We walked over to Millie's after lunch and I moved her motor home out of her lot and onto another lot a few doors down. She had made arrangements to use this empty lot for a few days while she transitioned from her motor home to her new trailer. Some other friends of hers at the park then moved her new trailer onto her lot and started to get it set up for her. We had cocktails with just the two of us for the first time in a long time. We had leftover chili colorado for dinner, then watched TV until bedtime.

Tuesday, April 27^th, we were on the road about 10:00 headed over the hump for our first trip to Las Vegas since coming back to Pahrump a few weeks ago. Our first stop was a restaurant called the Omelet House, which has become our favorite Vegas breakfast place. They have about 45 different, and sometimes exotic, omelets on the menu. I had the corn beef hash omelet, Jackie had the avocado and shrimp omelet. After lunch we went to a Great Clips and both got haircuts. Once the haircuts were done we went to Costco to stock up. It is nice that we now have the shed on our lot to store things, we can stock up on paper products at Costco and save money. After spending a bunch of money at Costco we headed back over the hump, getting back home just before 4:00. We got everything unloaded and put away, then relaxed for the rest of the day. It was too windy and cold for cocktails outside, so we stayed in. We also didn't have any dinner because of the big, late lunch.

Wednesday, April 28^th, we went out after lunch to run a few errands. We picked up our mail and stopped at Walmart for a few things. After we got home I did a few chores and generally relaxed. We spent the rest of the day in the house because the wind was still blowing hard. Thursday, April 29^th, we went out after lunch to run some errands. We picked up mail and stopped at Walmart to return some windshield wiper blades I bought yesterday. They didn't fit on our car,despite the fact I bought the one's the book said was correct. We stopped at Albertson's and bought some steaks and country ribs that they had on sale, then went to Home Depot to shop a few things we might be using in our projects around our lot. Our final stop was the NAPA store where I bought the correct blades and the desk guy even came out and installed them for me. Yea! We went back home where we relaxed for the rest of the day. We did a couple of the new steaks on the BBQ for dinner, watched some TV and went to bed.

Friday, April 30^th, we had a stay at home day. It was quite warm outside today, so we stayed in and did some light chores. We did settle on a contractor to put in our patio slab. Neither of the contractors we had bid could get the job done before we left for summer travels in June, so we picked the less expensive bid with a start date in September, when we get back to Pahrump. We did some pork chops on the BBQ for dinner, watched TV and then off to bed.

We are at the end of the month and a little over three weeks, so it is time to close out this episode and get it published. Until next time, consider these words by author W.H. Auden. “We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.” See ya soon.