Rose, Antonio, Sarah, Carol & David
We arrived at Eric and Rose Letson's home in Lakewood on Thursday evening after a long battle with the horrific rush hour traffic on I-10 heading west from Blythe, CA. We began encountering bumper-to-bumper, 'accordion style' traffic beginning 80 miles east of L.A. It abated only slightly for the remainder of the journey to the Letsons. We had a marvelous time with them on Friday and Saturday morning with great food and fellowship with them, Rose's mom, Sarah, and their young son, Antonio. We even celebrated Eric's birthday at a party Friday night.
When leaving on Saturday, the RV got hung up while backing out of the inclined driveway into the street. Friendly neighbors offered the solution by bringing over scrap lumber so that I could run the wheels up higher to provide clearance. The next Letson adventure began when I filled up with gas at the neighborhood Mobil station. I discovered about 10 miles onto the freeway that I didn't have my SpeedPass (which is as good as a credit card for buying gas at Mobil). I must have dropped it at the station. We called once more on the resourceful Letsons who went to the station and actually found it. They'll mail it home and Carol has another for use on the remainder of the. We are forever indebted to them for their kind hospitality and we owe them a 'finders fee.'
After leaving CA in more freeway traffic jams, we arrived in Las Vegas 5+ hours later with a brief stop in Barstow. We are in the Oasis RV Resort just a few miles from the strip. As we were preparing to back into our lot, the man across the street backed up without looking right into the RV's passenger side door. Not severe damage, a noticeable dent, but the door is still operable. The next hour was consumed dealing with exchange of insurance information and contacting my insurance company to report the mishap.
We had a wonderful Italian dinner at Nora's at Jones and Flamingo. Nora is a friend of Rose Letson's mother who called to tell them we were coming! We met both Nora and her husband Gino who are about to open a second restaurant. Who says we aren't networked?
Sunday morning we attended Easter service at the 3,000 person megachurch, International Church of Las Vegas, pastored by Paul Goulet who was a youth pastor at Community Bible Church in So. Burlington, VT when we first moved to Vermont in 1978. We did have a chance to say hello after the service. ICLV is one of the largest churches in the city and continues to grow as the city continues to explode with construction everywhere it seems, much like Phoenix.
We traveled the length of the strip for 1.5 hours in stop and go traffic to see the place, then on to Henderson to visit Terri Stevens, a Wooliedale customer and an Airedale breeder. Back to the resort to find that the strong wind had damaged our 10x10 self-standing canopy shade while we were away (I think I can send for some repair parts, but it may be usable with some duct tape repair...we'll see. Some chit chat with the neighbors, one or whom has been a full time RVer since 1978, then supper and evening chores.
Tomorrow is a 'stay at the park' day, no traveling, although we may have dinner with friends, the Colemans, from Vermont who arrived in Phoenix the day before we left and are now touring around the Southwest and just happen to be in Vegas when we are.
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