Saturday, February 3rd was another stay at home day. I was able to get some office work done, including finishing up our 2023 tax return and getting it electronically submitted to the IRS. We went to happy hour and then had dinner. I did my last tour of security tonight, then we watched the TV until bedtime. Sunday we went to the 2:00 social hour and then played some left,right,center afterwards. After the games we did a grocery run. After we got home we had dinner, then watched TV for the rest of the night.
Monday, February 5th, happy birthday to me, the big 77. We had another stay at home day. We have had rain since Saturday afternoon and today it was raining hard all day long. It’s a good thing that our trailer is on a little rise in the lot, because we have a lake all around us. The weather was so miserable we even cancelled happy hour because of the rain. We spent the night on the couch watching TV. Tuesday it was still raining, although not quite as hard. We had a 1:00 meeting of the Silver Seekers Board in the clubhouse, which was the workshop session. After that we went home for a while, then came back for happy hour. We had some cake and celebrated by birthday a day late with the happy hour group. After that we went home for dinner, the watched TV until bedtime.
Wednesday, February 7th, our 20th wedding anniversary. Jackie had her Pokeno at 1:00 and my friend Len came over for guitar practice. We also had the first visit of our new housekeeper, Margarita. She does a number of other places here at the park and we have arranged for her to come in every other week for a cleaning. We went to happy hour at 4:00 and then about 5:30 we left to go to the Pour House for an anniversary dinner. Our friends Lee and Kim Grissom went with us. We had a very nice dinner and then stayed for a hour or so at the karaoke that they have there on Wednesdays. After that we went home, watched a little TV, and went to bed. Thursday was another anniversary of sorts, the 25th anniversary of Jackie and I reuniting after 22 years of not seeing each other. We had a 9:00 town hall meeting, which we zoomed from home. At 1:00 we had the Silver Seekers open Board meeting, which went a little less than an hour. Jackie then had a 3:00 dental appointment and made it back not to long after I went over the clubhouse for happy hour. The rain has finally stopped with Pahrump supposedly getting just under two inches of rain since Saturday. We had hamburgers for dinner, then watched TV until it was time for bed.
Friday, February 9th, Jackie went to the clubhouse to play cards about 11:00. I did some work around the trailer. After she was done we went out for a late lunch at a fast food place called Teriyaki Madness. They have been open for over a year, but we haven’t gotten around to trying them. The food, which is mostly bowls, with rice, veggies and meat. I had the steak and Jackie had the chicken and we both loved the food. We will be back. After lunch we stopped for some groceries, then headed back home. At 4:30 we went to happy hour, then stayed for Bingo. Unlike last week we didn’t have much luck. I did win one regular game, but had to split the pot, so $6. We still had fun. After bingo we went home and watched TV until it was time for bed. Saturday Jackie went out about 11:00 for a ladies lunch and I stayed home and did some office work. We went to happy hour at 4:00, then came home and spent the night with the TV.
Monday, February 12th, we had an 11:30 dine out at El Jefe Mexican restaurant with the Lucky Rollers camping group. We had about 20 people at that one. After lunch we stopped and checked on our sick golf cart (still being worked on) and then did a grocery run. After we got home we did happy hour, then went home for dinner and night with the TV. Tuesday was pretty much a stay at home day. I had a short meeting in the clubhouse at 1:00 and Jackie had a nail appointment at 3:00. I went to happy hour on my own because Jackie was busy with her nails. Later we had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner and then watched TV until it was time for bed.
Friday, February 16th, we left the park about 11:00 and headed over to Las Vegas. I had a appointment with an orthopedic doctor about my hip. A couple of years ago I noticed that if I walked for any long distance, or tried to walk faster than a normal gait, my right hip would start hurting. It would also hurt if I was standing for a long period of time. I mentioned it to my primary care doctor and he sent me for an Xray, which showed that I had some early arthritis starting in the ball joint of the hip. Over the roughly two years since then it has started getting worse, starting to hurt when I walk or stand at all and aching sometimes at night. I decided to go to an orthopedist to get checked. When I got into the doctor at Desert Orthopedic Center in Las Vegas he had another Xray taken and then sat down and told me that the arthritis was advancing and that parts of the joint are now bone on bone, which is causing the pain. He said there is no cure for arthritis and nothing can be done to fix the diminished cartilage in the joint. He said the only thing to do is have a hip replacement, which is really just a replacement of the ball and socket joint. He said it was up to me to decide when to do it, which is when it gets so bad I need to have it done. He took time to explain the surgery and the recovery process and said just come back whenever I was ready. After the doctor visit we stopped and did some shopping, then headed back over the hill to home. We didn’t get home in time for happy hour, so we just had dinner and relaxed for the rest of the evening.
Monday, February 19th, Presidents Day. Today was a stay at home day. We did a few things around the house, but mostly just stayed in. We went to happy hour at 4:00, then came home for dinner and the rest of the evening with the TV. Tuesday was busier. I left about 8:30 to go down to the Nye County Planning and Zoning office to do some research on our RV park. I wanted to see what we are actually zoned as and if there are any restrictions. I need this info for my work on the By Laws Committee. I didn’t get any answers, but they told me they would email me the results of my records request. We went to the clubhouse at 12:30 for another Silver Seekers lunch. This time Don made hot turkey sandwiches, with mashed potatoes and gravy. I was, unfortunately, a dreary and rainy day, so not as many people showed up as we expected. It was still very good. Right after lunch we went to Walmart so I could get my eye exam at the optometrist and we needed a few groceries. I had my exam, but the doctor told me that the change from my existing prescription was very minor and that, in her opinion, my cataracts are to the point where fixing them is the only thing that is going to clear up my vision. I have an ophthalmologist appointment in a couple of months, so we will see. We got home to late for happy hour so we just had diner and spent the night on the couch watching TV.
Wednesday, February 21st, we were out of the house by 9:45, heading to Las Vegas so I could go to the urologist for a checkup on an issue with one of my testicles. The doctor told me what it was and said the issue was usually not anything to be concerned about and fairly common. He did give me an order for an ultrasound just to make sure there is nothing unusual going on. I can have that done in Pahrump. After the doctor we had lunch at a place called the Crab Corner, which is just down the street from the doctor’s office. It is primarily a sea food place and the food was quite good. I had fish and chips and Jackie had grilled Mahi Mahi, which was also good. We had a calamari appetizer which was not as good as some we have had, but it was OK. After lunch we did some shopping at a couple of the local Goodwill stores. Both of us got a few bargains in the process. We then headed back over the hump and got back in time for happy hour at 4:00. We then went home and relaxed for the rest of the night. Tuesday Jackie went to play cards in the clubhouse and our new housekeeper came to clean. Len came over for guitar practice which we missed on Wednesday because of our Vegas trip. We went to happy hour at 4:00, then came home, had dinner and watched TV the rest of the night.
Sunday, February 25th, we left the park about 11:00 headed down to Laughlin, Nevada, for a mini-vacation. When we were down in Laughlin in October with the Lucky Rollers RV group here at the park, we stayed at Don Laughlin’s Riverside Resort for the three days we were there. Since we don’t have a movable RV anymore, but still like to have fun with the group, we have to get a hotel room. Of course, we gambled some at the Riverside during the three days. Ever since I have been getting “rewards” from the players club offering two free nights at the hotel. I have been getting one every month. We were supposed to go for two nights back in January, but then the big storm blew in so we cancelled and rescheduled for this month. We stopped in Vegas at a Subway shop for lunch. We had a gift card for $15, which, ironically, we had won at the Lucky Rollers campout in October. We continued down and got into Laughlin about 2:30 or so. Since we probably couldn’t get into the room this early, we went over to the Tropicana casino and gamble for a while. We also joined their slot club to get points because our friends, the Sullivan’s, always get free offers from the Tropicana for rooms. After a little gaming we went over to the Riverside and checked into our room. This time they gave us a river view room. After a little rest we went downstairs and gambled for a while. About 6:30 we went to the Prime Rib room where we had a wonderful prime rib dinner with all the fixings. It’s a good thing the room has a small fridge, because we had leftovers. After dinner we gambled some more, finally getting up to the room around 11:00.
Monday, February 26th, we slept in and relaxed and finally got out of the room around 11:30. We drove to the River Lodge hotel and casino down the road. This used to be Gold Town casino years back. We were there to meet Jackie’s cousin, Ron Kopf, who she refers to as her nephew, for lunch. He and his wife and kids live in Fresno, California, and we used to visit them almost every year or so when we traveled around California. Ron and his wife are going through a rough patch, so he is living with his mom in Bullhead City, right across the Colorado River from Laughlin. His mother is a real estate agent and he is working as an assistant and handyman for the company. We couldn’t get into the River Lodge restaurant, so we went a little further to Harrah’s for lunch. We had a very nice lunch and talked for almost two hours before Ron had to go. After lunch we went across to Bullhead City and went to Sam’s Club for a couple of things, and then to the Goodwill. I got a couple of shirts at the Goodwill, but Jackie struck out this trip. We also stopped at the Bullhead City Elks for a drink. We haven’t been to this Elks since before we went full time in 2005. At that time we came here a couple of times with the Indio Elks RV club. At that time we had a small class C motor home. After the Elks we went back to the room and rested for a little while. We then went back over to the Tropicana and gambled for a couple of hours. We also had dinner there in their Brew House restaurant. We had both gotten a $10 food credit when we signed up for the players club card, so dinner was cheap. After dinner we went back over to the Riverside and gambled until about 10:30 when we went up to the room and went to bed.
Tuesday, February 27th, we checked out of the hotel about 11:00, went down to the car and started back towards Pahrump. We stopped at the Denny’s in Searchlight for lunch, then got into Pahrump about 2:15. Jackie had a 3:00 nail appointment, so I dropped her off and went home and unpacked. I picked her up a little after 4:00 and we went to El Jefe’s Mexican restaurant to meet with others from our park for the monthly dine-out event. There were not too many people there because the Lucky Rollers had also scheduled a visit to a local winery earlier in the afternoon. We had a nice dinner, then went home and relaxed with the TV the rest of the night. Wednesday Jackie had her Pokeno at 1:00 and my friend Len came over for guitar practice. We went to happy hour at 4:00, then came home and had dinner. We spent the rest of the night watching TV.
Thursday, February 29th, Leap Day. Jackie had to go to the clubhouse at 10:00 to help decorate for St Patrick’s Day and Easter. I had a 9:45 dermatologist appointment. I got the usual nitrogen spray on a couple of areas and he cut out one small lesion on the chest that he suspected was an early skin cancer. They will do a biopsy and then let me know if I need to come back to have them carve out a little more. I spent the rest of the doing chores as did Jackie. We went to happy hour at 4:00 and then came home for dinner and another night with the TV.
We are now at the end of February and sneaking up on Spring. Yea. Time to close this chapter and get it online. Bye for now.
