Category: Nevada

Family, Freebies & Fun in Las Vegas: What We Learned on Our Quick Trip

Buffy and I just got back from a short trip to Las Vegas after spending a few days visiting family. The main reason for the visit? Our youngest granddaughter’s 10th birthday! Between school, work, and shared custody schedules, it wasn’t easy to coordinate, but we were grateful for the chance to celebrate with her and enjoy some quality time.

Along the way, we picked up a few new travel tips—and had a lot of fun (and food!) in the process. Continue reading Family, Freebies & Fun in Las Vegas: What We Learned on Our Quick Trip

What a Year So Far!

It’s late 2025, and I can’t believe it’s been over a year since I last posted. But hey, life does get in the way sometimes.

Let’s do a quick recap since my last post.

ASTA Conference 

Ilene and I attended the annual American Society of Travel Agents Conference in Dallas, Texas. This was our opportunity to rub elbows with friends, colleagues, and suppliers for our travel business.

Las Vegas & Colorado

We flew to Las Vegas, and five of us climbed into a Toyota Prius to head for Colorado and our niece’s wedding.

Introduction to JGOOT (Just Get Out of Town)

We became aware of a group of like-minded travelers who’ve broken the code on using the minimum amount of credit cards to get the maximum amount of travel essentially for free. Oh, and I’m not talking cheap travel either. Continue reading What a Year So Far!

Hanging Out for the Summer

Windmill Oaks

Ilene and I have been hanging out for the summer. Although our travels have been somewhat curtailed for the time being due to our recent landing and move to Fredericksburg, TX but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been on the road.

Back in June I wrote how we were expecting a new Oliver Travel Trailer. When I wrote back then we’d just gotten back from Hohenwald, TN and our factory tour. Our trailer began its build on July 19th and in September we leave Fredericksburg to pick it up. That trip will take a week as once we spend our day at Oliver Travel Trailers we’ll then spend three days at David Crockett State Park running the trailer through its paces so if there are any challenges we’ll be close to the factory to have them fixed. Continue reading Hanging Out for the Summer

A Change of Plans for 2018

Well we thought we were going to winter in Las Vegas and Mesa this year but after heading East to Texas for our National RV Inspectors Association Conference we got to thinking…

We’d already driven from Florida to Vegas then up into Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Washington this year and worked our way back to see the Reno Air Races and visit the kids. By traveling to Texas then back to Vegas only to turn around in April and travel all the way back to North Carolina for our Workamper job at Moonshine Creek Campground seemed a waste of time and money. Continue reading A Change of Plans for 2018

Enola Gay Hangar

Well our time in Winnemucca was pretty much uneventful so we left the next morning for West Wendover, NV. Wendover Army Airfield was where the crew of the Enola Gay trained in their B-29 to drop the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

A nice museum with plenty of photos and memorabilia is located in the restored John T. Brinkman Service Club. There’s an informative seven minute long video about the base that we’d highly recommend watching as well as several rooms dedicated to the young men who trained at Wendover as well as the civilians who supported them. Continue reading Enola Gay Hangar

Home Means Nevada

We had a wonderful time visiting Reno and our family. Our spot at the Reno KOA was a premium site with a fire pit, propane BBQ, and patio included in the deal.

Our first weekend in town we had Adam and the kids over for dinner and s’mores after they treated us the night before to Tacos Jalisco. Everything was going well until the honeybees began buzzing our table and drove us all inside for dinner.

The smoke and fire were enough to drive the pests away and everyone had a ball burning marshmallows and making s’mores. Continue reading Home Means Nevada