Apr 9th to 11th - Pahrump

Apr 9th – Mon
It was nice to slow down this morning and have a nice breakfast after a long phone call to sister Marg. For all who know Marg & Dad – everything is going well with them.
We went to the casino for a while and then walked to the swimming pool where we found Moe & Trish. By this time everyone was ready for lunch so we went to the restaurant here where the guys had the $5.99 bacon cheese hamburger special with enough fries to share with the ladies who took it easy with the soup & salad bar.
We went with Moe & Trish for another visit to WalMart and couldn’t resist a Dairy Queen. We came home after a short happy hour so I could watch Dancing with the Stars.

Apr 10th – Tues
Moe & Trish picked us up at 8:30 for a trip to Death Valley. We decided to do the south end and drove through or stopped at Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Zabriski Point, Furnace Creek, Golden Canyon, Artist’s Drive, Devil’s Golf Course and Badwater. We skipped the Natural Bridge as it was a ½ mile walk and the temperature was close to the 100 degrees that it reached at one point. We took a lot of pictures and enjoyed a picnic lunch in the car with the AC running!
Terry had a coupon for 2-for-1 baby back ribs at the restaurant here but Trish wanted to use up some leftover quesadillas so we sent the guys to eat ribs and Trish & I enjoyed the leftovers. There are swarms of very tiny gnats here and suddenly Trish & I noticed thousands of them around the lights and on the ceiling in their motor home. We closed all the windows (all had screens), turned on the AC and started vacuuming up the gnats. The population didn’t seem to dwindle much so Trish pulled in the slides in case there was gap in a gasket somewhere. That was how the guys found us when they returned not long after we quit vacuuming. Moe put the slides back out and took his turn with the vacuum and by now there were definitely fewer bugs.

Apr 11th – Wed
We got the laundry ready and went to a laundry room in the park. There were only 4 washers with 2 just about done and the others just starting so we went to a second laundry here with similar results but including 2 dryers that weren’t working. A lady there told us about a nice laundromat in town so we went to find it. We finally had to stop at a gas station for directions. It was huge with lots of available machines so it didn’t take long to get it all done.
We stopped at a grocery store and came home to put everything away. Then we took my sewing kit and a step stool to Moe & Trish’s to help sew a seam that is coming undone on their awning. We kind of picked the wrong day as there is a wind sensor on the awning and a couple of times the wind picked up and the awning retracted automatically. We were just finishing one side of the seam when it started to sprinkle so we gave up. Moe was loading some CDs on his computer and couldn’t figure out how to add artist & track information so I spent some time and found how to do it – in “help” of all places!
We came home to start dinner prep and Moe & Trish joined us about an hour later. It was much cooler today so we stayed inside for drinks, dinner and a few games of Sequence. We had to play a final game to break the tie and the guys won.