Thanksgiving Dinner

No, we did not opt out for one of the more expensive buffets here in Las Vegas.  In fact, we hit one of our favorite haunts - Sunset Station.  While the Station casinos are not expensive, they have good food at excellent prices.  Here is a picture of a the people standing with us in line waiting to get into the buffet.

 Before dinner, we took a quick trip to one of my favorite places in the U.S. - Bass Pro Shops.  If you haven't tried their clothes, they are very good quality, they last quite a while, and are reasonably priced for what one gets.  And yes, I did spend a couple of hundred dollars in there tonight.  By the way, for all of my retired and active duty military friends following this blog, Bass Pro also gives a 10% military discount.

Yesterday I became extremely disgusted with the Nellis, AFB famcamp wifi system.  They boosted their prices about a year and half ago so they could put in this new, fantastic, wifi system that doesn't work worth a darn.  Can't figure out why they can't get some sort of quality control on these systems.  I have written them up for the last 18 months and never received a single piece of feedback.  To end this long winded complaint, I went out to Target and purchased a T-mobile, mobile hotspot.  Here in Las Vegas it works like a champ.  I also received a 30 return policy from Target, so if it doesn't work I can return it.

Why T-mobile???  Because I can get 9GB of data for $50.00 per month and all the rest of the providers (AT&T, Verizon, etc) are almost half that amount of data for the same price.  Also, this is a pay-as-you-go system, so I don't have to pay for service while the coach is stored.  One other plus is that once the high speed data is used up, you can continue to use the system albeit on a much slower speed (thus - unlimited data usage if you can deal with the speed hit).  And one final plus is that there are no penalties for using more data than you pay for (as it is unlimited data, even though it could be much slower).

Las Vegas

We made it to Las Vegas this afternoon with no problems.  Traffic was slightly congested north of the city, but that was just the very beginning of rush hour traffic and to be expected.  The weather was excellent and traffic wasn't too bad (heavier than I would have imagined on a Monday).  We are staying at the Nellis AFB famcamp but it was very busy here this week, so we had to take a partial hookup.  Electricity, water, but no sewer.  Fortunately the shower facilities are not too far from the coach,  The internet here is not the best, very slooooow - So don't expect me to post pictures.  Our plans are to spend a week here, and then off on the continuation of our eastbound travels.

Bakersfield Here We Are

Well, because things didn't work out, we opted out of our trip to Pismo.  Instead we headed straight to Bakersfield - Orange Grove RV Park for the weekend.  On Monday we will tackle the Tehachapis and head towards Las Vegas.  Current plans are for a week in Las Vegas and the head East towards Arkansas.  Hope all of our fellow travelers out there are doing well and have smooth sailing.  May do another post before we leave, but after today's drive I am kind of wiped out.  Still trying to get my strength and endurance back after the last month's worth of medical treatments.

Heading to PIsmo

Currently prepping and loading the coach in order to get ready to hit the road again.  Not sure when we will begin the travels, but as soon as I recover from my last treatment (Friday 11/14) and can get some maintenance done around the CA house the trip begins.  Tried doing some weed abatement Saturday (11/15) and lost my balance on the hillside.  Sure found out that granite is a lot harder than I thought.  Got most of the spraying done though and will move on to other projects tomorrow.  Plan on going to Pismo Beach in order to see our son, daughter-in-law and two grand babies.  Newest grandson was born November 8, 2014.