2017 Trip – Blog #22 – Prepping the House and Heading to Vegas!

Sunday, July 9th, 2017…..  The weather here has been really nice.  The mornings start out kind of chilly, even though some days are overcast while some start out sunny.  The clouds break anywhere from 10:00am to noon and then it warms up.  Mornings get down to 52° and days get up to 85°.  I decided to start on prep on the wainscoting and crown moulding in the dining room. There is so much oak in this house and too much in the dining room for our tastes so I need to sand it down to prep for paint. But first we went to breakfast.  I wanted to try the little place we had spotted in downtown area before called Doc’s Place, but it was closed.  Another place to try was Korner Kitchen, which is just outside of the downtown area.  I liked it although the gravy was just ok. After breakfast we stopped at Walmart and found masks to wear when I do the sanding.  We also checked for inflatable beds.  We found the queen size one we were looking for but they also had a twin on sale so we bought that as well.  We can keep one for my room plus another for the craft room.  That way we can sleep just about as many folks as needed. We had a meeting at 1:00pm with a newer landscaper Aimee gave us so we had time to run into Albany to check out queen beds at Costco.  I stopped at the member desk and changed our address and then found the beds.  I had seen them before but Lydia wanted to look.  That done we headed back to Rife’s (a chain store up here very similar to Ashley’s) and bought the bed set.  We got a queen bed frame with headboard and footboard, dresser w/mirror, and one nightstand, all in white.  They had the same model mattress (Serta) as Costco and it was on sale cheaper there so we bundled and bought it all.  Plus it’s only one delivery!

That done, we scooted back home in time to meet with Kirk.  We all walked the property and told him what we need.  We decided to have someone come in and weed and plant/replant and re-mulch the flower beds.  There’s so much and Walt really neglected it over the last two years after losing his wife. Now it’s too overwhelming for us so it’s the right move for us to get it put back into shape.  Then we can maintain it from there.  We should get his bid while we are in Vegas.

Once that was done, we decided it was too hot to work on the room. We went back to the rig and watched races.  We hung around not thinking about dinner until it was too late to get something out.  We had heard about Ixtapa, supposedly the best of the Mexican food in Lebanon so we tried it out.  Town is only 5 minutes away. It was really good and we will be back!  I did go back and mask off some more of the woodwork.  The room has light yellow paint, and has oak glass doors and oak moulding around the doors and windows plus oak crown moulding. It’s really nice work and gorgeous and we will leave that alone (at least for now) but the oak wainscoting was more than we wanted in that room! The plan is to paint the wainscoting white and the walls gray.  The ceiling is white and is in good shape so that will stay. I only worked for a short time and got everything taped and then stopped there.

Next up was to gather up all of the things we need to pack for the Vegas trip. We got most of that done and then relaxed for the night.   

Monday, July 10th, 2017….. We got up early and stopped at Aimee’s office and dropped off her gift. We also stopped at the campground and picked up mail there.  We parked in the short term lot ($10. w/handicap tap/plate) and checked in.  Flights were ok and we got into Vegas at 5:10pm, picked up the rental car (they upgraded me to a full size so we began ahead!) and headed to the Monte Carlo.  Lydia’s sister, Frances, had gotten us rooms with her Mlife gaming points. Rick and Janie came in (via their rv) and we all went down to Johnny Rockets for a quick meal.  We then went over to Treasure Island to meet up with Jeff, Krista, and her mother, Pat.  We went up to their room and visited for a while before going home to end the day.    

Tuesday, July 11th, 2017….. Frances’ points got us three breakfasts in the buffet and Rick and Janie joined us.  I then left for the airport to pick up my sister and then we all visited and relaxed for a while.  Rick and Janie met us later in the chapel.  We had champagne and waited for everyone to show up.  Randy and Maryanne and Jeff’s buds Wes and Eric met us there as well.  The wedding went extremely well.  

Krista is a lovely bride!  They are both so happy.  After pictures and more champagne we went down to the casino bar for more drinks and partying!  

After a while everyone got hungry so we hit the TI Buffet and had dinner.  They wanted 18% gratuity for one table of 13 so we split up!  Hah hah! Later, we said our goodbyes to everyone and we all (Frances, Penny, and us) went back to our rooms and we ended the day tired and full but happy.