The obvious choice for Vegas is the California state line. If you've driven from California to Las Vegas or Vegas to California, you've gone through Primm, Nevada. About 45 minutes. Right across the street, Lotto Store Road, to be exact in California is THE store for lottery tickets. We'd threaten to go there several times, but since last week, the news people were broadcasting from Primm and the lines were exceeding 2-3 hours. Ugh.
Well. I looked up where to buy tickets in Arizona. So on on Friday morning, after my dialysis equipment was delivered, we were on our way to Arizona. This was a new road trip for us. Now we'd been this way about 20 years ago when Brian, Shawn and I drove from Detroit to Las Vegas with Mom and Dad...returning to Vegas from staying in Detroit over the summer. Long tortured sentence..sorry. We knew we'd go through Boulder City and over Hoover Dam. We also knew that the ridiculous twisty narrow road from hell that crossed Hoover Dam had been replaced with a sensible 4 lane bridge. What we didn't know was how far we'd have to go into Arizona to find a store.
Now you know about the travel time phenomenon. When you don't know where you're going it takes forever to get there. The return trip is considerably shorter. Lol. And this trip was no exception. We headed south through Henderson. We'd been this way going to Laughlin, almost exactly a year ago, but instead of making that right turn to Searchlight, NV, we went straight...to Boulder City. Which doesn't allow casinos. But clearly allows Indian jewelry stores. And blankets. And yes we drive right through town. There is no interstate between Vegas and Arizona. For now. I guess the ground breaking for I-11 has started. I digress.
Immediately outside of Boulder City you see Lake Mead. When you see the water lines, you realize how much water the lake has lost. And yet the lake is still impressive. A little further up the road is The Hoover Dam Lodge. Of course. Anyway. It's about a mile from the dam. As we traveled over the new bridge, I lamented that I wasn't able to see the dam. I also got over it. Once across the bridge we were in Arizona. Welcome to nothingness! Now how far will we drive before we we find anything resembling civilization? We found it at the 27 mile marker. The Last Stop ...store?
We were greeted with an impossibly large deserty parking lot and a line of people. We pulled in, parked and Brian got in line. I waited in the car. Brian sent me texts periodically. Apparently once inside, the line was still long, as it wrapped through the gift store and...restaurant. That being said, the wait was about a 1/2 hour instead is 2-3 hours. And the drive was comparable. Oh yeah. Brian bought 3 weeks worth of powerball...and Megamillions! So we're good for a while, but it won't matter as we will win the drawing. It just needed to go over the billion dollar mark! ;-)
On the dialysis front I'm still experiencing light headedness. It may be due to an increase in Ive if my meds. It really knocked me off my feet on Saturday. I couldn't stay at sorority meeting and that really pissed me off. The Supreme Basileus is coming to town this week for Founders day and I really needed to hear the protocol. The good news is I was able to attend the meeting of my other organization on Sunday. And one of the members used to be president of the AKA chapter, so I talked with her. I'm all good. Both on the protocol front and feeling better. Saturday was a wash. And that just really ticked me off. Ugh.
That's it for today. We're starting the healthy eating thing today. Bye bye bagel! Have a good day. Sorry about the snow and stuff. But then that's why I moved out here. Bwahahaha. :-D
I'll post more photos on Facebook.
The Last Stop Lotto store in Arizona. Or the First Stop coming from Nevada!
The view coming into Las Vegas
Lake Mead.
No comments:
Post a Comment