Rainy Day in Vegas

Light rain spreads throughout Las Vegas!!!!  OMG!!!  I have never laughed so hard at this weather report from KTNV in Las Vegas this evening.  They had two reporters out in the field because the pavement was wet.  There was .04 inches of rain that fell here today.  Link is below.

http://www.ktnv.com/news/light-rainfall-spreads-through-las-vegas

Living on the edge as we do, we decided to take a drive (in sprinkling rain!) to Henderson, NV today.  Remembering that Celine Dion lives there in Lake Las Vegas, I found her address, popped it into the GPS and off we went.  Here is the front gates of her home.  They wouldn't let us in.

The day was not a complete bust, however.   Later, we received our set passes and information packets for when we are going to be extras on Matt Damon's Bourne 5 movie.   It says right on the passes that we may not share anything in the packet with anyone or on social media -- highly confidential.  So I'll wait till it's over and let you know what happens.

The Heart Attack Grill

I felt a pain in my stomach and thought it was just hunger.  We signed in and were told to go to the waiting room where we had to put on those hospital gowns that are open in the back.  Thank goodness they let us keep our clothes on!  We were at the Heart Attack Grill in downtown Las Vegas.

Here's a picture of our nurse:

We were at the Heart Attack Grill for dinner where if a person is 350 lbs. or more, they eat for free!  Since we didn't qualify for that, I asked if we could get a discount if hubby showed his scar from his actual quad by-pass.  Nope. 

The quad by-pass burger contains 8,000 calories.  We chose the single by-pass for the simple reason that if one doesn't finish eating their burger, a nasty 4 swat public spanking with a paddle is administered by the nurse!  Interestingly noted was the fact that most male patients failed to eat their entire burgers. 

Wine is dispensed in IV bags, jello shots come in syringes and liquor arrives in a prescription bottle.  There are NO sugar-free beverages.  And the vegan menu is:

We decided that a single by-pass burger with lard crusted bun wasn't enough, so we also ordered the butterfat shake with pads of butter floating on top, and the flatliner fries cooked in lard and doused in cheese and chili. Yummy!  Can't imagine eating the 20,000 calorie burger pictured below!

After we finished our food, I had a couple of hubby's Lipitor hidden in my handbag for dessert! 

The Indoor Movie Theater

Many Saturdays when I was a pre-teen, I would go with a bunch of friends to our indoor movie theater to see various features along with a couple of cartoons.  It cost 25 cents to get in and 10 cents for popcorn.  What a deal.

What a deal for parents, too.  They could drop us off and have an entire afternoon to themselves!

The lady who managed the place always had a cardigan sweater around her shoulders and reading glasses on a chain low on her nose.  Her name was Helen and she also carried a large flashlight that she used when she walked up and down the two aisles during the show. I don't think she liked kids because one rarely saw her smile.  Helen did NOT like it if any kid put their feet on the seat in front of them.  If she caught one of us resting our tootsies on the chair in front of us, we would get thrown out of the theater.  But not before making our one phone call to home for a ride.  I'm sure parents didn't appreciate that!

Helen didn't throw kids out who paired up and were "making out" up in the front left section.  She must have been a romantic deep down. 

Today, hubby and I are going to see Star Wars at a local theater.  But this time we are going to a theater that has the most luxurious, reclining seats in town!  Not only do the leather seats recline, but they are electronically activated to move and vibrate with the movie.  Additionally, the middle arm comes up to make for snuggling area and there is a little table on which we can put our popcorn to share.

Helen must be rolling over in her grave with all those elevated feet in a theater!  But I'm sure she is also smiling at all of the romance that can happen in the new theater experience, too!

Nellis AFB

Lunch at Five Guys today on our way to do some errands.  I looked around and the place was filled with young men dressed in camo and pilots.  Turns out that the Thunderbirds are assigned to the 57th Wing based at Nellis Air Force Base by where we are living.  Gotta say that I never felt safer at lunch!  

Would love to visit Nellis, but it's not the kind of place that gives tours to just anybody.  I guess one has to have connections to get into the Thunderbirds Museum on base.  This morning, I did hear some distance jets and went outside to see some of them doing maneuvers.  They are hard to hear unless one is listening closely.  Anyway, next time I'm at Five Guys having lunch, I'll get to see them doing eating maneuvers!!  I just love Five Guys burgers!

TEQUILA!

No one won the PowerBall!!!!  That could mean a 1.3 BILLION dollar payout.  Here I sit in the gambling mecca of America and Nevada doesn't allow lottery sales.  Can you imagine?

The closest lottery sales outlet to Las Vegas is Rosie's Den and Cafe in Arizona.  Upon goggling the place, this is what I got:

THIS is what I envision happening only it's me trying to buy a lottery ticket.

What a Vista!

Last day of our journey yesterday encompassed so many different vistas that I'm not sure where to start.  Well, let's start with the most important part.  After driving for 5 days in a KIA, neither hubby nor I used the ejection seat option on each other or ourselves.  But my finger came close to the trigger!  I know that certain family and friends were placing bets on which one of us would still be in the car when we pulled into Vegas and which one would be tied to the roof (no room in the trunk).  The problem seemed to be that hubby is a morning person and I am definitely not.  My face kind of looked like this until about noon each morning of the trip when I was forced to get up at 7 AM.

 But hubby looked like this:

Altogether, not a good combination.  I'll just say that coffee solves a lot of problems.

On yesterday's trip, we drove through a winter wonderland in the mountains of Flagstaff.

Then an hour later it was desert like and barren.

Then an hour later, there it was!  I saw palm trees!

Desperado

Only got a few hours of sleep last night in Amarillo.  Not that I didn't try.  But there seemed to be some rowdy cowboys hanging out at our motel last night who decided to have one of those bar room type brawls you see on TV.   Not sure exactly where it was happening, but it was within a room or two of our room.  Arguments were happening, things were hitting walls at 3 AM.  This morning, a screen from an adjacent room was laying on bushes outside.   We made a fast getaway because I broke the card reader completely off the door of our room this morning!  I'm no good with technology especially before I've had coffee.  Blaming it on the rowdy bunch from 3 AM.  Whew, glad to be out of that place! Kept looking in the rear view mirror for the posse on horseback.  But I think those Amarillo cowboys were still sleeping it off.

Today we drove through the Texas panhandle and saw wind farms for as far as the eye could see.  These huge wind turbines quietly capture the wind and make 9% of the area's electricity.  Very eerie to see because there is nothing else around.

Tonight we are in New Mexico at an altitude of 6,100 feet and it's snowing.  Left Ohio to get out of this!