Heading east from Oregon to Raleigh

Heading east from Oregon to Raleigh
The map west is now at the bottom of the blog.

Friday, September 3, 2010

Day 46 – Las Vegas/Nellis AFB NV – rest day


Dry heat or not, hot is hot. It was really quite pleasant outside until about 10am. We sat outside with our coffee relaxing and enjoying not doing anything. Then we had to head for refuge in the RV. We had both air conditioners going, and it still wasn’t ‘cool’. Unbelievable! I can so understand how people die in this kind of heat.

Yes, there was reveille at 6:30 this morning, but luckily I didn’t hear it. And they play taps at 4:30 in the afternoon. There are no speakers near us, so it is not that noticeable.

I got caught up with the who/what/where on my photos and started processing them through Photoshop. I also uploaded the Mt St Helens photos onto my Flickr page. Click on the link to the right. Slowly but surely I am getting caught up.

Bill, who can never sit still, went to the main part of the base. He got the Tracker washed and vacuumed. The ticket office was closed today – he was looking for another Cirque du Soleil show. So he went on to the BX and Commissary. He came back with bike helmets for both of us. At any military base, helmets are required to ride one’s bike. He picked up a few items at the commissary that we needed.

After he came back, he went over to the cookout. He talked to some guys and found out some info on Las Vega. The hamburgers and hot dogs were not that good, so he came back here and took a nap.

Bill went to Walmart at 6 to fill up our water jugs and then went on to In and Out burger. It was okay, but it wasn’t nearly as good as I had remembered. I like Wendy’s better.

We watched some TV until it got cool enough to sit outside. Tomorrow is supposed to be the hottest day we are here, so we probably won’t head to the Strip until 4. We will check out the Bellagio fountains, look at the art work at the Bellagio, have dinner at Le Cirque, and then why I came to Vegas: Cirque du Soleil “O”. So it should be a pleasant day.

Today’s photo was taken last night from our lawn chairs of sunset with the Stratosphere in the distance.

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