Good Morning

Good Morning,

Mood: Happy

Music listening to: Bad by Michael Jackson

How are you doing on this Saturday morning? It is a very nice day here in Tucson and all is going well. Any plans for today? Elise cared for Chris this morning and now she is out shopping for groceries. I will get Chris up shortly and he will be up until after his walk with Rosemary this evening.

We are going to go out to dinner at a place called the Barrio. It is located in downtown Tucson. After dinner we are going to the Arizona Theatre Company to see the play Kite Runner. We saw the movie and it was very good and we are wondering how it will be on stage.

We had a very nice time but short in Vegas, we love it there. Here is a little breakdown of our mini-trip.

On 23 Sept we left Tucson at 6:30am after Brent arrived to care for Chris. We may be losing Brent as a caregiver and that would be a sad thing for us and Chris. He is very good with Chris and he takes him to Chucky Cheese, swimming, to parks and to the mall. We hope that we don't lose him. His dad is ill and he may have to be his full time caregiver.

We stopped at a truck stop for breakfast in Eloy and then we hit the road again. Elise had eggs, hash browns. I had pork chops, eggs, potatoes and toast. Elise ate 1/3 of a pork chop and we had plenty of coffee. We only stopped once to get gas and we didn't arrive until 2:30pm due to it was slow coming into Hoover Dam. It is so much work going on the roads that it took an hour of the trip. It took us 8 hours and that was with almost an hour stop for breakfast, so the actual travel time was about 7 hours. It should have only taken 6 hours.

We checked onto our room at the Excalibur and we got a great deal due to being Player's Club members and Facebook users. We received free drink coupons as well. A couple was checking in and they wanted a extra night and the charge for them for a Friday night stay was $282.00, WOW we got a great deal, there are still some perks around, eh? We ventured to the casino and we got our two free drinks with the coupons. Then we played Ladybug and Moolah and won. We spent $100.00 and won $170.00 lot's of fun. We were going to eat gluten free pizza from Sammy's but they don't deliver and it was too far to drive to, so we ate in the casino. It is about midnight and we just returned from the casino. We ate dinner at the Steakhouse we both had steaks with a baked potato, salad, and a bottle of red and chocolate mousse for dessert, plus coffee for $96.00 a good deal and a lot of food. After dinner we tried the slots again and we spent $40.00 and only got $18.46 in return. We returned to our room because the smoke was getting to Elise.

24 Sept we were up at 8:30am. I took a nice hot shower and Elise is walking the stairs up and down 28 floors, she did that twice. Later we went to the Luxor to get tickets for the Bodies exhibition. We played the slots in the Luxor and and it was a good idea. We spent $68.00 and won $167.82, more fun indeed. We returned to the Excalibur and we bought tickets for the buffet for $25.00 apiece. We could eat all day long for 24 hours and all we had to show was our wristband. For breakfast Elise had oatmeal, prunes,bananas. I had corn beef hash, potatoes,eggs, chicken fried steak and a biscuit. Good food. Later in the day we went to the Luxor and for the Bodies exhibit an to play more slots. The Bodies exhibit was truly fascinating. We ate dinner at the Excalibur buffet. Elise had chicken, ribs,potatoes,corn,green beans,shrimp and sushi. I had the same it was good but not great,smile. After that we played more slots and we spent $60.00 and only go back $31.50 in returned, bummer! We called it a night.

25 Sept we were up again at 8:30am , barely. We got dressed and we went to breakfast at the Sherwood Forest. Elise had eggs, ham and potatoes. I had corned beef hash,eggs, potatoes and toast with plenty of coffee. We then played the slots and we spent $20.00 and won $17.50. It was nearing checkout so we went back up to our room to pack up. It was a very good trip to Vegas and we won almost $300.00 dollars. We arrived back in Tucson at around 7:00pm and we stopped at the Black Angus for dinner. We both had Western Teas that were great while we waited to be called for a table. We both had the prime rib, baked potatoes, green beans, real horseradish not the creamy stuff. We shared a bottle of red that was very good. We returned home and I checked on Chris and we called it a night. A excellent mini-vacation.

We hope that your day will be a good one, stay safe.

Good Morning Jeanne, sorry that the dollar slots were not productive for you maybe next time, smile.

JT, we tried to help but the office was closed at ASU. I called your Mom to help be she could not be located, sorry.

The above photos are at Hoover Dam and the flower photo was taken at El Con Mall here in Tucson.