April 20 through 26, 2012

April 20, 2012 Friday~~~~Tonight we went out partying with our friends Cyndi and Howie from the park, We went to the American Legion that Cyndi just joined. Tonight was Karaoke night and there were a lot of people there. They bring the microphone to your table or to the bar where ever you are sitting and you sing from there. After a couple of beers Howie and myself sang a few songs and the four of us had a lot of fun.From here we went to the "Mine Shaft" that is a large tavern with lots of pool tables and games, live music and dancing; three different bars, even one outside, a swimming pool with bar stools in the pool. The pool is real popular with all the hot weather they have there, I am not sure I would use it, as I wonder about how many people tinkle in the water after too many drinks!!!! We didn't stay there very long, we just stopped to see what it was like and to check out the pool, from there we went out for Mexican food and home. Kent was the designated driver as usual. and Howie fell asleep on the way home. LOL Saturday 21~~~~We slept in this morning until 9AM as it is about the end of of being able to do that with our long drive home and our job at the park we are doing again this year. We did laundry and cleaned house and got things ready for heading home tomorrow. We went to evening Mass and got take out pizza for dinner at home. Our friends came over and we played the board game fast track again tonight, we will sure miss playing games with them when we get home. Sunday 22~~~~We got up early this morning, it is getting very warm here already so early. While Kent got the trailer ready to travel, I gave Howie a hair cut, we said our good byes to them and we were on the road about 9:30. We are driving as far as Vegas today and will stay there for 2 nights before the long drive to Reno. It was 106 degrees when we drove through the town of Needles, Kent stopped there for a frapacino and when we walked through the parking lot to Star Bucks, the parking lot had been freshly black topped and with the heat, it felt like we were Hansel and Gretel heading into the witches oven. We are staying at Sam's Town where we usually stay in Vegas.It was a 5 hour drive here. The weather is pretty warm her, (102 and we only have 30 amp for electricity, so we went over to the pool right away and stayed there until dinner time. We felt real good after playing in the water so long. After dinner we watched TV until bed time. No Casino tonight. ~~~~Tuesday April 24~~~We drove 10 hours today to Reno where we parked in the Casino parking lot, Kent talked to the security guard on duty and he told us where we could park, so we parked and went inside for dinner and a little time on the slot machines. Kent was very tired from driving so long, so we didn't stay there long, we went to the trailer and right to bed. About 6 AM we work up to someone pounding on our door. It was a different security guard who said we couldn't sleep with our slides out, we needed to pull them in. We decided beings we were awake, we would take off for Seven Feathers our next stop on the way home. It is a 10 hour drive there also, so we got an early start for the day!! Wednesday April 25~~~~ We arrived at Canyon ville, Oregon late afternoon, very tired from another long days drive. We love this campground with all the beauty of the trees, mountains and the land scape they have here. After we set up the trailer with the cable, electric and water, I fixed us dinner and we relaxed watching television all evening. We didn't even go over to the Casino after dinner. That is a first for us at this place, Kent said he thought we would stay 2 nights here and rest up before heading into Salem. Thursday 26~~~~~I woke up early, got up and made coffee and got on the computer, trying to be real quiet so Kent could sleep in, he was so tired from the long drive. Gary called and I think the phone woke him up, after talking to Gary, he started getting ready to take off and there was no talking him into staying another day here..We took off about 9:30 and we arrived in Eugene at 1:30 PM I called my daughter Kim to see if she had time from work to go out for lunch. she said she did, so we pulled the long trailer into the Albertson's parking lot and had lunch with her. We were going to spend the night with them, but she had to work another 4 or 5 hours and she thought we should head on to Salem and get unpacked and call the kids there that we were home. By the time we got to Salem, it was 3:30. Tress and the kids were so excited we were home, they drove out to the Elks Club where we leave the trailer and visited with us for about 15 minutes on their way to the baby sitter and Tress's cooking class. We went to our house and called it a day, we were too tired to cook or go out and eat, we ate popcorn for dinner!!! (we did have a big lunch though).