Posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2016| 4 Comments »
i couldn’t leave las vegas before visiting the conservatory in the bellagio. i know you like these as much as the fountains ray. it was a ‘under the sea’ theme this time.
it wasn’t quite as elaborate as it has been in the past. but still beautiful. i’m glad i got to share this with hannah also.
aaaahhhhhhhh.
stay tuned for the last post.
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2016| 5 Comments »
our first view of the cosmopolitan
welcome to the elevators
hannah’s view
our view by day
by night
if i zoom in you can see mon ami gabi. i got the picture right when someone lost their balloons
the chandelier bar by day
by night
should i???
bye hannah and javier.
we still have one more day
stay tuned
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2016| 3 Comments »
even though we look drunk this was the first toast. “cheers”
this is our favorite restaurant in las vegas. we’ve been going here for at least 20 years. so naturally i wanted to share it with hannah and javier.
i enjoyed two espresso martinis.
we all enjoyed our meals too. they make the ‘skate’ (sting ray wing) the way they used to, so jerry and i had that and it was delicious.
we ended the night at the dueling pianos bar.
it was a great day.
hannah leaves tomorrow and tracy leaves monday.
stay tuned for a little more.
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2016| 3 Comments »
javier and hannah. aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
you can ‘zoom’ line above fremont street now.
we had a nice dinner in the golden nugget.
good luck tracy. oh, sorry tracy.
this is something new on fremont street. these guys actually form clay busts of people. don’t these kids look excited?
and this is something new and raunchy on the street that should definetly stay in vegas.
stay tuned, if you dare.
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2016| 4 Comments »
tracy slept on the extra bed the table makes. she was so tired because of the time change she slept pretty good. we had a nice visit before going to the museum. we ate at chipotle for lunch since they don’t have them in grand forks.
stick your finger in his nose tracy.
ok
i guess we all know this.
and what it can do.
what about this?
or this?
they quit doing above ground testing.
stick your finger in his nose tracy.
not this time
we all enjoyed the museum a lot. later we went to our new place to spend the night. tracy got us into the holiday resort for one night before we went to the cosmopolitan. we waited for the birthday girl she and her boyfriend drove up. they weren’t as lucky as we were with traffic.
hey hannah
we had a good visit with hannah before going downtown.
let’s go party.
more later….
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2016| 5 Comments »
we left long beach about 11:30 on thursday. we said good bye to midas and to the neighbors.
we also said good-bye to zorro, the cat we’re babysitting, but she said “don’t bother me, i’m busy”.
yes, she looks like midas.
as we hit the road, we saw they were filming a movie at the ‘petroleum club’ right near our house. it sure takes a lot of stuff.
hi sharon. the traffic was very light the whole way to las vegas.
this solar panal facility always intrigues me.
these are painted rocks, out in the middle of the desert.
we picked up tracy at the airport around 9pm and made our way to the circus circus rv park for a one night stay.
it was good to say tracy all the way from north dakota.
everything doesn’t always stay in vegas.
stay tuned.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2016| 5 Comments »
thank you, thank you, thank you, for all your comments. we had such a good time, I loved sharing the photos of our trip. and since I don’t have facebook like so many of you do, this is my way to do it.
we were in #22 this time. across the way you can see #6 where we stayed last time.
we made it home Friday night a little sore from the horse ride. it was well worth a few sore muscles to do something so special. when you think of it, that horse is so powerful, yet he takes your commands and doesn’t throw you off.
by the way it’s much harder getting off than on.
strawberry had a neat brand
we’ll have to a little fishing next time. this is our kind of place.
my big rock at the beach
because of the drought we’ve decided to make our yard look like the beach. we live in long beach right? and, we’re saving a lot of water. we are also are planting butterfly and hummingbird flowers. it’s a work in progress.
and here is the rock in it’s new home. you’re allowed to take 30 pounds of rock a day, and I think this one weighed at least that.
we have our own little campsite at home.
we even have a fire pit!
all that sand and dirt and not one animal has defiled it.
midas loves rolling in it though
our next trip is in august. we’ll be going to las vegas to celebrate Hannah’s 21rst birthday and my 70th. I know what you are all thinking. you might be right. maybe, probably. ???? you’ll want to see those pictures i’ll bet.
and I know ray can’t wait to see another picture of the fountains at the Bellagio.
in case you can’t wait ray, here’s one to tide you over.
we will be able to see them from our room this time.
then in September we will go to reno to see ted again. we always have such a good time with him. we’ll see our favorite things plus a few new ones. lake Tahoe for one.
so stay tuned
love to all of you,
jilly
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20, 2016| 7 Comments »
we had to be at the stables at 7:30 this morning. it was kind of hard to get up after a late night. but we did it.
I sure didn’t want to get that big one.
thankfully I didn’t. I got Wilbur and jerry got strawberry.
it was a beautiful ride. a little overcast but a least it wasn’t hot. we rode for about an hour out into some of the 12,000 acres of land they own. most of the green grass has turned brown now, but it was still so beautiful.
Wilbur was so slow. he just ambled along. never keeping up with the other horses. strawberry wanted to pass but he had to be the last horse because he didn’t get along with any of the horses, just Wilbur.
strawberry kept saying hurry up.
we had a wonderful breakfast with anything you could want to eat. I had the bacon made with pancake batter poured over it and cooked. so delicious.
we rode back and it was time to check out. we had a wonderful time and this will probably be one of our new favorite places.
until next time frank
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20, 2016| 4 Comments »
the first event was the meat and greet. ha ha. they tell us all about how to buy good meat, how to trim it, how to build a fire, and then how to cook it. there’s only 40 people in the group.
look at all this tri-tip.
Pasqual cooking the pork belly (yummy)
brad cooking the bacon (yummmmmmmy)
frank was cooking our salmon for dinner.
they also serve wine and beer. this was my favorite variety of the wine.
the grounds are beautiful.
we met the nicest couple and ate with them every meal.
we went to the spice demonsration but just filled out bottles with lemon pepper. it’s the best.
these are for you tracy. just some of the beautiful flowers they have here.
we went on the breakfast horse ride this morning.
stay tuned for that.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 19, 2016| 5 Comments »
it was a beautiful day so we spent a lot of time here. they also have a great museum and gift shop. there were so many photo opportunities I couldn’t help myself.
I’ve never seen one of these bell ringers before.
the priest’s room.
the manager’s room
the soldier’s room.
there was a corral with lots of animals. here are a few of them.
check out the feet.
a different looking pig.
a turkey fluffing up for us.
over and over again on our travels we learn how much the conservation corp helped rebuild America. it’s too bad they still don’t have it.
the museum had so much information it was fascinating to read all of it.
after a great day in Lompoc we headed for ‘the ranch’ as we call it now.
stay tuned.
Once in awhile-now and again-this is us 