May 5, Las Vegas
Sorry I couldn’t do a posting last night, but I couldn’t persuade my typist to come in from the patio, where he and Geri were enjoying the warm night air and a visit with Craig (also known as David), whose rig is parked in the site just in back of us. He’s on his way from Scottsdale up to Reno and Winnemucca, where he will be working at the local hospital for awhile. I just sat out there with them, and enjoyed the attention I was getting.

And I did get a lot of attention yesterday! On our morning walk in the park that we drive to, several ladies complimented me on my friendly attitude and good manners, in addition to telling me that I was beautiful. Though I prefer being called handsome, I’ll take beautiful any time. Not too long after we got back from our walk, I got an early lunch and Geri took me over to the nearby Petco Store, where she turned me over to the groomer there. I’m always excited to go to the groomer’s, particularly when it’s a new place. First, I love getting a bath and being really clean, and I eat up the personal attention I get there. When I’m at a groomer’s that I haven’t been to before, I get to show off my manners and make new friends. The resulting treats are also well received. The groomer lady at Petco, whose name was Stephanie, was particularly good at her work, and trimmed my coat beautifully. When Don came to pick me up, he thought I was someone else! He said that this didn’t look like his dog, but I was so handsome, he’d take me home anyway. Ha, Ha, big kidder that he is.

They went out for dinner, after feeding me mine, to a place called the Claim Jumper, where Don says that the only two problems are that the food is great and they give you way too much of it. Sometimes I really don’t understand him at all. They must have done a pretty good job of finishing their meals, though, ‘cause all I got out of it was a few puny french fries.

This morning, we were kind of late getting over to the park, as we were seeing David (also known as Craig) off on the continuation of his journey northward. So, when we got to the park, there weren’t hardly any ladies walking for their morning exercise, and I didn’t get any recognition of my “new look”. Oh, well, maybe tomorrow. But it was getting so hot that I found myself trotting from shade tree to shade tree, and then standing in the shade waiting for Don to catch up. I got a lot of rolling in, kind of seasoning my clean and newly shaped coat, but I avoided rolling in anything smelly or nasty. After we had lunch, Geri and Don had some shopping to do, and I took a well earned nap. When they returned, it looked like they had cleaned out every Italian delicatessen in Las Vegas. They unloaded a pile of delicacies out of the truck, and I know that some great dinners are going to come out of this, with some super plates for me.

The wind had come up during the afternoon, so we all went out to bring the awning in so it wouldn’t blow away if the wind got stronger. We hung around the rig until my dinner time, and then they got in the truck and went over to the local casino, Silverton, where there was an Italian Festival going on. It occurred to me that this was a day that they call Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican sort of holiday, when many people celebrate with enchiladas and Margueritas. No, they’re out looking for New York style pizza and vino rosso. Guess they gotta be different. They came back a little late, ‘cause they had to stop by the casino and make their contributions to the machines, though Geri said she did pretty well. Don wasn’t saying anything. I got my evening treats, Geri took me for a nice walk, and Don and I got this posting together. Glad to get up to date. Don’t know what we’re doing tomorrow, may be staying here, may be moving on. I’ll let you know when I find out!