Remedies, Repairs, and a Ride through the City of Lights...

   Tired from a busy weekend, we spent most of Tuesday unpacking, catching up on phone calls and emails, and Valerie used a box or two of tissues due to a nasty head cold she picked up along the way to Michigan and back.  The few items in her shopping cart during a trip to the store included Puffs with Vicks, Zicam, Cold-Eeze, and Mucinex.



   Wednesday, George had an appointment at the Apple Store for assistance in restoring Valerie's contact list, which somehow dropped several groups that had previously been there.  But a van driving through the RV park advertising Mobile Mechanics reminded him we needed work on the Splendide washer/dryer combination.



   A call to their number resulted in a visit from their tech named Patrick.  When the suspected lint build-up problem appeared not to be the cause of our laundry woes, a call to the manufacturer's rep, Darrell, helped to determine a problem with a sensor that had become dislodged.  Valerie ran the first load through with quite a bit of lint on the clothes, a second (empty) load through, and finally a completed load without the machine going into default mode.



   George, with the help of the Apple associate, was able to restore Valerie's phone contacts, and by evening, it was finally time to at least take a drive down The Strip in Las Vegas.  The moon was nearly full but there seemed to be a lot of haze in the air.



   Valerie was able to get a few shots of the City of Lights out the window using her cell phone camera.  It appears much has changed since our last visit a few years ago.  We indeed intend to do some exploring, but now George has begun to sneeze.



   The Oasis RV Park where we are staying is close to The Strip as well as some outlet mall shops.  Valerie has plans to meet some friends from her high school days this weekend, and Valentine's Day is tomorrow.  It's time to dose up on cold meds and get out and about to paint the town a little.



   There are so many shows to see and we need to make some decisions.  Valerie has tickets near her friends for Cirque du Soleil's Beatles Love.  Sunday, we look forward to dinner with RV School instructor J.D. and his wife, Marti Jenkins.

   In the meantime we have decisions to make for our trip south to Florida when we leave Las Vegas on the 18th.  Ideally we would take I-15 north to I-70 to meet with the school's instructor in Fort Collins.  That would allow us to make the easterly sweep through Kansas City, where we also have business.  But the weather will be a huge consideration in our planning.



   Right now, it's time to get up from the desk, medicate and pack the pockets full of tissues.  There is so much to see and so little time!  Life is indeed too short!