Road Trip to California

This morning Helen and I are hitting the road to Thousand Oaks, a suburb of LA, so she can spend some time with her brother Norman and his family.

It's about 300 miles, according to Mapquest, so I figure it'll take somewhere between 5 and 6 hours, depending on the horrendous LA traffic. We plan to leave about 9-930 am and arrive around 3 or so. Hopefully that'll miss some of the drive time snarl, but we'll see how that goes.

I'll be returning to LV tomorrow to play in a big free roll poker tourney on Saturday. Top prize is $1,000. I'm not a regular tournament player, but am cautiously optimistic.

Yesterday Helen and I went to Target in the morning, then returned to the apt. where I whipped up a couple of turkey on pita sandwiches for lunch. We had planned to see "Lovely Bones" but Helen decided she wasn't up to it. So she rested in the afternoon and got ready for her trip and I rolled over to Suncoast to get a bet on MSU vs. U-M.

I had some early luck at a blackjack table, winning $90. So I put $30 on MSU -4 and should have just burned that money. The Spartans were listless and careless with the ball, but they pulled the game out late by one point. $60 profit for the day. Helen and I watched the game at home, then enjoyed a couple of huge salads I made with organic greens, roma tomatoes, feta cheese, and kalamata olives.

When I return from LA tomorrow, I'll add some more details of our trip as our LV adventure continues...