Awake 5:42am Temp 55 Clear Overnight @ Las Vegas, Nevada
We walk the campground for morning exercise(20 min).
Call Bill & Betsy on their cell phone. They are both having their hair
done in town so we'll talk later tonight & plan a rendezvous.
Drive downtown to the Convention Center. We read that they are having a
National Association of Broadcasters Convention(April 16 thru 21) &
thought it would be of interest to attend. Parking was tough to find &
eventually gave in & paid our $5.00. Each huge room display was guarded
with security who insisted we have a badge to enter. "Ok, how do we get
one?" One guard points to the information booth. When we tell the lady we
need a badge, she immediately gives us a bright orange ribbon neck badge
holder to wear..then asks us: "Where is your badge? You need to register."
She points to another bldg. Registration tells us the price each is
$200.00. No thanks! As we are about to leave & forget the whole idea,
Kathy picks up a magazine(The Hollywood Reporter),leafs thru a few pages &
discovers the Isilon Company is represented. Well now, this is serious as
we have 2 sons working @ Isilon & we MUST see their display.
The orange ribbon around our neck is exactly like all the hundreds of
other attendees walking around, so we study those guards carefully &
notice how distracted & overwhelmed they become as throngs of people enter
& leave the display rooms continuously. I tuck the end of my ribbon into
my shirt pocket, wait for the right setting & walk casually into the room
during a guard's distracted moment. I am in! I nod to Kathy & she smiles.
It took me about 15 or 20 min to find the Isilon display even with knowing
the booth number. There must have been over a thousand displays in this
huge area. I could have easily spent the afternoon looking & absorbing the
high tech stuff on display. I talk with the Isilon guys(Chris & Tom)about
their display & public interest for maybe 10 min. Then we talk about Nick
& Zack. They don't know Zack yet, different departments. Then I casually
begin making my way back to the exiting area. I didn't want to take
advantage of my free entry nor get caught breaching security. And, I
didn't know where Kathy was, maybe waiting outside?
Kathy held her magazing next to her chest, allowing her orange ribbon to
show & walked right past the security guys at another entrance to this big
room. But,we didn't join up inside. She visited the Isilon guys after my
visit (talked with Chris & Bruce?). We joined up outside later. We both
felt good about our short but innocent life of crime and wished we had
actually planned our little foray, so we could have been more casual and
stayed longer.
The remainder of the day was rather dull after that excitement but we did
manage to stop @ a Sprint store & talk about changing cell phone
companies....& then buy some good corn beef @ the Vegas Kosher Mart.
7:20pm Dinner: Ahi tuna, fried noodles & rice, asparagus, mixed salad, and
garlic bread.
Larry returns my cell call from Flagstaff, Az. He's driving his motorhome,
en route to Denver to celebrate Passover with his wife's family. We talk
about the Sprint cell phones & computer data options.
We call Bill & Betsy in Lake Las Vegas to finalize a time tomorrow for a
get together.
Today's high temp=76 Lights out: 11:02pm
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