Apr 12th to 15th - Pahrump

Apr 12th – Thurs
We had another 8:30 pick up by Moe & Trish to go back to Death Valley. Moe first made a stop for gas as it is 135 miles to Scotty’s Castle – a big longer but takes less time going to Scotty’s Junction on the highway. We arrived in time to get tickets for the 11:20 tour of Scotty’s Castle which anyone who has been there knows it did not belong to Scotty. We had a good tour guide and really enjoyed the experience. Terry thought there was a restaurant there but they only had a cooler with drinks & sandwiches. We continued on through Death Valley to Stovepipe Wells Village and had lunch. Then it was back through the park to Beatty and south on 95 to Pahrump.
The weather was still cool today but it was nice enough to finish the sewing on Moe & Trish’s awning before going to dinner. Terry wanted to have baby back ribs again so we went to the restaurant here. Unfortunately, the ribs were not as good as the previous meal. We gambled a bit after dinner and Trish was quite lucky.

Apr 13th – Fri
It was another cool morning so after coffee, computer games, a bit of cleaning & email we went into town to check out some of the other casinos. It was a very bad day for me but Terry didn’t lose much. A long wait for lunch to arrive was OK as it stopped the bleeding a bit!!
We called Moe & Trish when we returned – in time for HH! – and asked them to come over for a drink. Then we all went back to the restaurant here for dinner as Moe & Trish both had coupons for 2-for-1 seafood buffets. We gambled a bit before dinner as none of us were hungry right away. Then more gambling after dinner as we stayed for drawings at 7, 8 & 9. Of course none of us won anything in the drawings! Terry & I continued with the same luck – mine bad, his good – as in the morning.

Apr 14th – Sat
I vacuumed up little bugs below the lamp that attracted them last night and continued on to vacuum the floors. After breakfast we lazed around – computer games & reading mostly. Terry picked up our ladder from Moe and Trish visited with me a bit.
Moe & Trish are leaving tomorrow so they invited us for dinner. We went there about 4 with the Sequence game. We interspersed games & dinner prep by Trish, cleared the table and had a great dinner and then put Sequence out again before dessert. Trish & I came back from 4 to 1 to end in a 5 to 5 tie.
It has been wonderful to spend time with Moe & Trish. We are already looking forward to getting back together in the fall/winter.

Apr 15th – Sun
Moe knocked on our door this morning to say that he was all hooked up and ready to go but couldn’t adjust the driver’s seat on his motor home. Terry didn’t have the current tester that Moe asked for but he went with him to see if they could figure out what was wrong. After Terry jiggled some wires, Moe was able to move the seat and get on the road.
About 11 we went to the buffet for brunch and I finally won some money when we spent some time on the slots after eating. The weather was beautiful so Terry dug out some fishing gear, sat on the lake bank and didn’t catch any fish. I called Marg and had a nice chat before going out to join Terry in the sunshine.
A neighbor – Hal – told us that there was a good and inexpensive buffet at the Nugget downtown so we went later to check it out. Inexpensive was correct - $11.77 for 2 – but we weren’t very impressed with the food & the messy floors. Bananas foster for dessert was one redeeming factor. When we got back, Terry went to bed to watch TV and I stayed up to finish a book.