The "Now That The (Encountered) IOS Upgrade Issues Are Addressed....",edition

Ipad shuffled to Heatwave, "All You Do Is Dial". They do nice harmonies on this song.  So. Monday I was going to tell you about our inadvertent adventure. Unfortunately Apple Upgrade gave me an unappreciated adventure. 😒. What happened?  The keyboard defaulted to the new predictive typing mode. That caused several issues with the blog app. The keyboard didn't move.  And because the keyboard didn't move, I couldn't see what I was typing. The cursor placement  defaulted to the beginning of the document. I switched to split keyboard, but then the keyboard got smaller. And I still couldn't see anything I typed on the sides because, well, the keyboard still wouldn't move. As a matter of fact, after fooling around with it, the keyboard moved up and covered more of the screen. 😤. I'd had enough.

The Dramatics, "Be My Girl".  When I got home, I did a search.  I forget what keywords I used. Let's just say I wasn't the only person who experienced the keyboard problems. The problem had a name. Predictive Typing. All I had to do was disable it. Yay!!!  Problem solved. Happy Pat!   Predictive typing affected everything I typed.  I was prepared to chuck the iPad in the trash. But we fixed the Problem. 

So back to the regularly scheduled adventure. Brian and I did find an apple orchard in southern Nevada. Who knew someone tried growing an orchard in the desert. Lol It was located just north of Las Vegas. As we drove out we passed several horse ranches.  I figure we were less than 2 miles from the base of a mountain. The orchard wasn't opened. But it is just a tad early, I guess, for the apples here. Look. We're just a couple of midwestern transplants looking for some apple cider and doughnuts in the fall. :-D  And yes, the website said they were open. ;-(

Brownstone, "Grapevyne".   We turned around and left. I wasn't able to backtrack.  The road I took to get out there ended at a freeway and I didn't know how to get back to it, so I went over the freeway. I knew I was heading south and Las Vegas is mostly a perfect grid. I was pretty sure I'd hit a street I knew before I'd dead end at a mointain. Lol. One problem I might have is the street names change... Apparently on whims. Lol. But I did find a street whose name I was familiar with. Turned on it and headed east.  Doing fine, then the street closes for construction. *sigh*. Lol. We could see the strip way off open the hazy distance. I needed to get to the other side of the strip.  

Michael Jackson, "I Can't Help It". So pretty.  Written by Stevie Wonder.  The street I turned on was a street I was familiar with.  Sort of. I'd passed it on the freeway.  Lol. Anyway it had me going south again. I felt as if I was driving through the largest subdivision ever created. Anyway.  This time we did dead end at the base of a mountain. Lol. At some freeway.  All I could do is make that left turn and get on. Oh look Charleston street exit in 2 miles. I know that will get me home. 

We get off and we're at Red Rock Casino and Resort. Oh my. I knew that Red Rock was out there. And the strip still was a hazy mirage. Lol. We head east on Charleston. As we drive we notice PF Changs. Hey. We were out here last week!!!  Now we're near Suncoast Casino and Resort. No. We didn't go into any of the casinos. Lol. Anyway, we stopped for lunch at PF Changs..not bad. We're feeling pretty ok because we finally know where we are. Lol.  

We finally make it back. Tired of driving. Tired of riding. We've effectively have skirted the north west part of Las Vegas. That wasn't the plan for the day, but now we know. We found some places to visit so the excursion was worthwhile. Tell you what, though. I've had enough of the west and north side of Las Vegas for a while!   Lol. 

The Stylistics, " You Are Everything".  Nothing new in the dialysis front. I guess that's a good thing. I face the windows now. Except the morning sun would blind us so the shades are closed. :-(  We get up at 4AM.  My chair time is 5AM.  I think the doors to the clinic open at 4:30AM. Maybe earlier. I know there's a crew of people when I arrive. The doors for the treatment room open at 4:45AM. However the first shift starts at 5:00AM. And yes, I'm on no later than 5:00. Taken off at 8:30. Out by 8:45. Love it!  And I'm up to 8 lengths swimming and 7 laps of water jogging. I've also moved to 1/2 breaststroke and 1/2 crawl. Feeling good!!

Signing out with  Marvin Gaye, "You Sure Love to Ball".  We're chuckling it's autumn and the high temps are still in the  high 90s. When we to swim yesterday morning, the temp was 74. Felt a little chilly. Perhaps we're becoming acclimated to the weather. :-). 

Random photo. Lol.