Awake: 7:11am Temp 50 sleep 7+27 sunny overnight @ Las Vegas, NV.
We like this campground; the people are friendly, we have pull-thru parking, & we are only (4) miles from the Las Vegas Strip.
Early afternoon, we motored across town & visited with Wayne, Sandy & Sydney. They just traded in their old 2008 Newell motorhome for a 2010...which they helped design themselves.
Of course we were invited on a tour to see what's new & different &, sure enough, Newell continues to make the high tech stuff even more high tech. After the tour, Wayne & I discussed the many advances of technology the Newell planners have brought forth since the early 2000 year coaches.
For example, without going into a lot of detail, the latest awning change is displayed on the left side of their motorhome; the awning curves around & down along the slide, in lieu of just going straight out, which allows for a lot more shade.
Also, Newell is now suggesting a Cummins Diesel engine in lieu of the CAT or Detroit; The Cummins engine has been getting a good (1) mile for gallon better mileage.
Later during our discussion, Sydney, the dog jumped up on my lap after I gave her a few good scratches under her neck, head, shoulders, etc. Wayne was surprised that Sydney was so quickly enamored with my dancing fingers.
After a good chit-chat session inside, & a quick photo of Sandy in their living room, we moved outside under the shade of the large awning & continued our dialog.
Sandy brought out some mixed nuts, pretzels & potato chips for a snack & Wayne brought out (8) small yogurt cookies that he put into the wooden Dog Twister for Sydney.
Wayne told us that Sydney had to work her brain for food; just watching Sydney turn that Dog Twister around with her nose & paws to find another yogurt cookie, convinced us she is a smart dog besides being friendly & man's/woman's best friend.
Oh yes, Sydney is also a great frisbee player & gets no extra rewards except...more love.
We enjoyed our time with Sandy & Wayne ...& Sydney. They'll be leaving for their homestead in WY soon so we were lucky to have made the call when we did.
Dinner: pasta with meat sauce, bread, grapes & a mixed salad.
Evening movie: "The Seventh Cross" with Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, etc. Seven men escape from Nazi concentration camp and are pursued by the Gestapo. Exciting film makes strong statement about a cynic who regains hope when others risk their lives to save him. 1944. This...sit on the edge of your seat story, kept us both wide awake & holding on to our posterior.
Lights out: 11:59pm.
We like this campground; the people are friendly, we have pull-thru parking, & we are only (4) miles from the Las Vegas Strip.
Early afternoon, we motored across town & visited with Wayne, Sandy & Sydney. They just traded in their old 2008 Newell motorhome for a 2010...which they helped design themselves.
Of course we were invited on a tour to see what's new & different &, sure enough, Newell continues to make the high tech stuff even more high tech. After the tour, Wayne & I discussed the many advances of technology the Newell planners have brought forth since the early 2000 year coaches.
For example, without going into a lot of detail, the latest awning change is displayed on the left side of their motorhome; the awning curves around & down along the slide, in lieu of just going straight out, which allows for a lot more shade.
Also, Newell is now suggesting a Cummins Diesel engine in lieu of the CAT or Detroit; The Cummins engine has been getting a good (1) mile for gallon better mileage. Later during our discussion, Sydney, the dog jumped up on my lap after I gave her a few good scratches under her neck, head, shoulders, etc. Wayne was surprised that Sydney was so quickly enamored with my dancing fingers.
After a good chit-chat session inside, & a quick photo of Sandy in their living room, we moved outside under the shade of the large awning & continued our dialog.
Sandy brought out some mixed nuts, pretzels & potato chips for a snack & Wayne brought out (8) small yogurt cookies that he put into the wooden Dog Twister for Sydney. Wayne told us that Sydney had to work her brain for food; just watching Sydney turn that Dog Twister around with her nose & paws to find another yogurt cookie, convinced us she is a smart dog besides being friendly & man's/woman's best friend.
Oh yes, Sydney is also a great frisbee player & gets no extra rewards except...more love.
We enjoyed our time with Sandy & Wayne ...& Sydney. They'll be leaving for their homestead in WY soon so we were lucky to have made the call when we did. Dinner: pasta with meat sauce, bread, grapes & a mixed salad.
Evening movie: "The Seventh Cross" with Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, etc. Seven men escape from Nazi concentration camp and are pursued by the Gestapo. Exciting film makes strong statement about a cynic who regains hope when others risk their lives to save him. 1944. This...sit on the edge of your seat story, kept us both wide awake & holding on to our posterior.
Lights out: 11:59pm.
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