Barbara Thompson

Monday, February 17, 2025 We moseyed out of our motel about 10am, heading for Benny’s restaurant for breakfast. We decided not to repeat at John’s because of not repeating. Breakfast menus are so hard because they never have all the things you want in one grouping. You can get pancakes with eggs (why? If you […]

Sunday, February 16, 2025 There are no services in Joshua Tree National Park. No food, no water, no shelters, etc. We did check before we went and there are primitive toilets – although none of them are on the map. Odd. I read that October- April is the busy season and we should go before

Saturday, February 15, 2025 Ok, we didn’t run out of gas. Keith never thought we were going to, but I did. Of course. Because I believe driving in the desert = running out of gas. We left Las Vegas on a highway. Our first stop was the Seven Mountains art installations. It is seven stacks

Friday, February 14, 2025 Happy Valentine’s day! We went to the obvious spot for such a day – the Mob Museum. As we got close to it, it was apparent something was going on. There were balloons and lots of people outside. We parked and walked back. FREE for LOCALS DAY! Darn. Lots of people

Thursday, February 13, 2025 It was raining today. It said there was a small chance of rain, but I did not expect it to actually rain. We had spectacular luck driving to the Sphere – we parked facing the back of the handicapped signs, we so we were about as close as you can get.

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 I am very interested in performers’ having residencies in Las Vegas. I think it seems like it would be great for the performer and is certainly great for people who want to go to see the show. I looked at who was here while we are here, and Mariah Carey seemed

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 We walked 20 minutes over to the strip. We could sometimes see the Sphere as we walked – I really liked seeing what it changed to. The Arte Museum is new in town. It calls itself the ultimate immersive art experience and the ads show a lot of video of water

Monday, February 10, 2025 We visited the Neon Boneyard tonight. I have always wanted to see this and was not disappointed. It is a non-profit organization that restores and keeps the history of Las Vegas through neon signs. The docents were terrific; everyone was very willing to help and tell stories. The La Concha motel

Sunday, February 9, 2025 The phone rang before 8am in our room. What? We were up, but still. What? It was the front desk telling us that we had coupons for free breakfast buffets that they had forgotten to give us. Fun. Keith made a plan while I showered and got ready. We buffet-ed and

Saturday, February 8, 2025 We arrived at Las Vegas airport at about 12:30am this morning. Given the time zone shift, it was 2:30am for us. We Ubered to our Days Inn and sat around looking at our phones and reading flyers I picked up in the lobby. It was close to 2 local time when