Our winter in Las Vegas is off to a smooth start.
After leaving Traverse City last Saturday morning, we drove 12 hours and spent our first night in Lebanon, Missouri. On Sunday we rolled for 9+hours before stopping for the night in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Then on Monday, we arrived at the Red Rock Hotel/Casino about 4:30p.m. and got checked into our comped room on the 8th floor.
We spent Monday night and Tuesday at the Red Rock, watching sports and playing a little blackjack. In my only BJ session I dropped $60. It was frustrating because in the course of roughly 30 minutes I had only two blackjacks and on both of them the dealer also had a blackjack, so I won zip, zero, nada!
Wednesday was move-in day, so we were at the Shadow Hills apartment complex at 9 a.m. when the office opened. Got all the paperwork finalized, picked up the keys and met the movers at 11 a.m. Two hours later the guys had us all moved into our apartment - 1105. This is the same building that we were in last year, right next door to our former unit, 1106.
We had arranged for the Cox cable guy to come on Thursday to hook up our TV and computers, so Wednesday afternoon we decided to see a movie at Red Rock's theater. We chose "Murder on the Orient Express" and we both enjoyed it, especially since the tickets were only $4 each on Senior Citizen Day. Cha-Ching! Regular ticket prices for seniors are $9.99, so we saved $12 with the senior discount.
Thursday and Friday were spent unpacking and getting the place organized. There's a lot that goes into setting up a household every few months. I was busy grocery shopping, running errands, cleaning the car and other little chores. I made a stop at Red Rock sports book to buy a couple of football tickets. One teaser with the Steelers -2 (Winner), Saints -3 and Patriots -2 that will pay $62.50. The other is a parlay with the Steelers -7 (Winner), Patriots -7 and Eagles -3. That $10 wager will pay $60 when it hits.
Thursday's dinner was a middle eastern feast with fresh pita bread, hummus, Kalamata olives and lebne. Really nice to have tasty fresh pita again! For dinner on Friday, I whipped us up a couple of nice salads, topping them with rotisserie chicken from the local Albertson's grocery store. At $5.99 a bird, it's hard to beat those tasty chickens. With crunchy romaine lettuce, sliced cucumbers, sweet mini-peppers and cherry tomatoes, it was delicious and healthy.
Helen has pitched in getting the place organized too. She's feeling pretty strong after the road trip and that's always a good thing. Yesterday I did some more grocery shopping and other errands. Then we settled in to watch the U-M and MSU games at home. For dinner I made us some wraps, using the rest of the rotisserie chicken and a few baby carrots on the side. We often eat casually on game days!
Helen's been keeping in touch with Anna, Scott and friends, letting them know we've arrived safe and sound.
Today we'll probably watch some of the football games at home, relaxing and rooting for the Pats, Eagles and Saints. And so our adventure continues...
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