Well, we left yesterday morning with 23 degrees on the thermometer and arrived in Laughlin with 55 degrees. Must have been downhill since the altitude was 5000 feet when we left Reno and it's only 2500 here - saves on gas that way.
We have lived in Nevada for more than ten years and are always amazed that we can top a rise and see for ten or fifteen miles and not see any sign of habitation at all. It was especially beautiful yesterday because of the snow-covered mountains until we got south of Tonopah and then the snow kind of left us. Saw a lot of wild burros - it's funny because up around Reno, there are many more wild horses and hardly any burros. Must be left over from the prospectors!
With our normal good timing, we hit Las Vegas at rush hour. We had gone through Pahrump in order to miss most of the Las Vegas traffic, but still got caught up in it on the south side before we hit 95 south and got back to low (or no) traffic. South on 95 is interesting because it connects Las Vegas with Searchlight and is a four-lane, limited access highway with hardly any traffic. Do you think that might have something to do with the fact that Harry Reid lives in Searchlight? Just before the turn-off to Laughlin, there is a huge rest area with very modern facilities and great architecture (if there can be great architecture in a rest area). Again, probably thanks to Harry.
Just an update on family. Danny arrived in New Zealand for his semester abroad after a 36 hour, 35 minute flight from Montreal. Don't think I could get Vi on that flight :-). He's a day ahead of us, so Tom III and I are hoping he can tell us the outcome of the Super Bowl before it occurs here, so that we can place some bets. That idea hasn't worked with Char in Okinawa, but one can always hope!
Met up with Hank and Diane last night and we'll get together later this morning. Have to remember when making tee times that Arizona (just across the river) is an hour ahead of us. Cross the bridge and you lose an hour. Beautiful
Take care and enjoy life.
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