My
Vegas inspired this road trip. I managed two free nights at Red
Rock, so I needed to rent a car. The most value I could get was
renting for a week, so I tossed in three cheap nights at Laughlin
($83) which would open up visits to Oatman and Hoover Dam.
Laughlin
is old people. Well, I'm old.
It
also can be folks who have chosen independence in their later years,
chosen to live in small RV's for much of the winter in Laughlin and
somewhere else in summer.
I
now migrate, so talking about how we manage that is very interesting
and useful and not at all like recounting the last 12 surgeries.
I
like the driving here. Although I left from Red Rock and had a good
bit of highway to travel, it was not confusing highway, and the last
half of the trip was deserted of any traffic and just a long ride
through flat dessert.
Parking
was always near where I wanted to go, and it was outside where it is
easy for me to remember where I parked.
I
like it that I could play poker at Harrah's and have an easy and
predictable drive at the last minute to Riverside for the Lettermen
concert. It is so much different than having to get from one place
on the strip to another.
I
lived the Watchman store, but it is run now with different folks and
watches are not all $20 and less. I bought a waterproof Swanson for
$30. This is probably more than I might pay on line, but I wanted a
watch I can go swimming with. Now I see this one is just water
resistant, so perhaps I got taken. The clerk did not explain the
difference.
Either
way I like the watch and later when I swam with it at the Orleans, it
held up fine. I breast stroke when I swim, so the watch would be
continually underwater but never deep enough for pressure.
I
decided to stay at Pioneer. Here is that review
I
went to the movies (senior $7.50 and refillable popcorn $7.50) to see
The Intern. I loved it.
I
also saw the Lettermen ($30) and that was such a fine show. One
original singer, Tony, was still singing. The others recreated the
harmonic sounds and it all was really wonderful. Tony was very
personable and engaging. He came down and shook hands. He offered to
have photos taken on the stage with people as they sang. The other
two did newer songs to promote their own albums. Those were fine,
but did not excite me. In between songs were black and white clips
from the old days. I especially liked that they had snipped together
all the old clips of introductions and funny skit with Jack Benny.
An
hour and a half with no breaks. Just perfect.
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