10/15/14 - Gone a Month

Mail box holder  down the street from Bob and Debs, house this belongs to is on the golf course.

We had dinner with Bob and Deb last night at a nice brew pub and then we all headed home to hit the sack.  Deb was on a quick turn-a-round.  She came home from one trip at 4 in the afternoon and then had to leave at 6:00 the next morning.  Bob had a job site where he needed to be early this morning so he left about 5:30 AM. The retired guys managed to get up and out about 9AM.  We didn't want to hit the morning traffic in LA. Our plan today was to head back to Henderson, NV,  It seems that the manufacturer of our fancy radio (that isn't working right) has moved from its Chino location to Henderson.  We found this out after leaving Laughlin yesterday.  Laughlln is about an easy 60 miles from Henderson!  When we got to LA we called  them to get directions to there plant and that's when we head about their move.  The good thing is that since we are going back, I was able to get tickets to tour Hoover Dam. It took us 3 hours to get from Bob's house to Victorville, CA  where we stayed the night before.  we had lunch at the same Cafe' 154 where we dined the last two days. This was a first for us! We had three meals on three days at the same café with only 300 odd miles in between.

After we ate, we fueled up and headed for Hendersen.  It is a very boring drive, straight through sage brush with nothing else interesting to see until we got to Nevada. Then, at least, there was a casino at every exit.  There was one interesting thing that we saw.  The Ivanpah Solar Plant is about 5 miles from Nevada border and the first casino.

it was 2 in the afternoon and it was to bright for my camera to focus  see there web site for pics

The towers were to bright to look at for long, even with dark glasses. We wanted to stop by the information booth but had to be at Retro by 4:30 PM. As it turned out, we made it by 4:00 but the tech guy said we should bring it back in the morning and he would test it then. I explained to him that over the past 9 months I had had it out of the dash 6 times trying different things that he had suggested.  Everything worked fine until about 4 days into our trip. Eventually, around 4:30 we pulled it out and he took test.  At 4:45 he returned with a new radio and brought back my modified components that allowed it to fit in the Thunderbird. 

By 6:00 PM we had it all put back together.  Now we just have to re-set all of the pre-sets again.

We headed for a local casino recommended by the staff at Retro Sound  and had some dinner and a beer.  Then it was off to bed.  Tomorrow: Hoover Dam!  Then we'll go north back into California on our way to gold  country... then on to wine country...and then the redwoods.  We think so, anyway, but who knows what tomorrow will really bring?

4:45

6 pm   done    practice makes project go faster