We'll try and get some pictures tomorrow and for the rest of our stay here. It's always nice to look at pictures instead of reading a bunch of words. The weather has been great, not too hot and not too cold, it's about time we finally have hit some nice, warm weather. When we first got here, we were bummed about the pool being out of commission, until today, when Ron found out the hot tub is still useable. That made him a happy camper!

We have been having a lot of fun here in Vegas. Today, was senior Tuesday at some of the area casinos. We met Donna & Bob at The Orleans for a $4 matinee movie and a 2 for 1 buffet lunch. Where else can you go for lunch and the movies for less than $20 for two people? Ron & I watched "Hanna", which was a very good movie and they watched "Water for Elephants", which they really liked, too. Afterwards, we came back to the campground and played cards. Tomorrow night, we are meeting them for dinner, again, at the Golden Nugget and going to a show afterwards. They have friends who live in the area and can get free tickets, what a deal, huh? We may be going to another show on Thursday night, too. So, we are really doing it all here; shows, casinos, and area attractions. We still want to go see the new bridge over the Colorado River and maybe up to the Valley of Fire State Park to explore the area.

Our group, left to right; Ron, a friend of Carol's, me, Barry Wilcox, Richard & Carol Lamb, Jean Wilcox and Lila Thode. Roger was taking the picture.

We got in touch with our Boomer friends, Roger & Lila, who were staying out at Tecopa Hot Springs, in California, which is about 30 miles or so from Pahrump. We made a date to meet in Pahrump at one of the casinos for Easter dinner on Sunday. On our way over there, I called another good friend, Carol Lamb, to wish her a Happy Easter and asked her where they were. She told us they were at the Escapee park and would we want to get together with them, as well as another couple we also knew. So, that's what we did, we all got together for an Easter buffet and had such a good visit. It had been quite some time since we'd all been together and it was great! Afterwards, we went on over to the SKP park and met another couple we hadn't seen for awhile, boy, did we surprise them!

When we got here, we figured, since we didn't know anybody in the area, we'd just check out some of the newer casinos, look at the shops and see whatever free shows were in the area. But, the very first night we were here, we were looking on the internet and found out some fellow Boomers were in the area, looking for other Boomers. We got in touch with them and the second day we were here, Tuesday, we got together for dinner and cards. How cool is that?

The very next morning, Wednesday, Ron waited until I got up, to tell me that he thought he needed to go to the hospital because he had been experiencing some tightness in his chest for the past few days. I just looked at him, wondering what took him so long to tell me...anyway, off we went to urgent care, where they gave him an EKG and and were concerned because his oxygen level seemed to be low. They ended up sending him, by ambulance, to one of the hospitals in the area, where he stayed the rest of that day and overnight. They gave him numerous EKG's, blood tests, an echo cardiogram, the dye test through his arteries and one other test throughout the night. The next day, they determined that his heart and arteries are all doing fine and thought that maybe his acid reflux could be the cause of it all....well, that was a relief, let me tell you!

One thing I have to mention...when we were parked at Pio Pico, we were parked right under an oak tree. Not a good thing, as ants like to climb on them, so you know what that means. We had ants on top of our rig, in the awning, who knows were else. Here it is, about a month later and we still have ants! So, time to get busy and get rid of them!

We really got around the area while we were in Menifee, despite the ridiculously high fuel prices. One day, we drove up to Oak Hills, which is not very far from Victorville. Our good friend, Margie, who is trying to sell her bus, had a guy that she's been communicating with off and on, coming out to look at the bus and wanted Ron to show it to him. So, we went up there to help her out. The guy looked at everything and asked all kinds of questions. He even took a test drive at one point. He really seemed interested and told us this bus was the best one he'd seen. Well, a few days later, we found out from Margie that she sold it to him. We are so pleased, we are pretty sure he's going to join the bus club where he'll get invaluable information from our members. I know she's relieved, excited, but, a little bit sad, too. He will be coming out in June, with his family, to drive the bus home to Athens, GA.

Margie finally got around to coming to the campground to stay with us, but, instead of a few days, it was just one day, then, she was gone for the weekend, then, she came back and stayed one more day and night. The day she left to head home, we left to come here to Las Vegas.

We were having a problem with our Shurflo water pump, it wanted to run all the time whether the water was on or not. We knew there was a repair facility on the western side of the valley, in Cypress, so we drove over there one day. Went all the way over there just to find out they have relocated the repair side of their business to Indiana...they referred us to Camping World, so we went over there, just to get told they'd have to order it from Shurflo???? I'll tell ya, what a run around! We ended up calling Shurflo and we're getting the part sent to us here in Las Vegas...anyway, since we were over near Long Beach, thought we'd look up our good friends, Bruce & Kathy, who are staying at their kids for awhile, and had lunch with them. Then, a few days after that, we drove back over to that area and had dinner with some other good Boomer friends, Bill & Mary, at the chicken restaurant at Knott's Berry Farm. Yum, yum!!!! Always a good place for dinner.